Phase equilibrium in n-octane/water separation units: vapor pressures, vapor and liquid molar fractions

Abstract The present study reports result from research into vapor–liquid–liquid phase equilibrium for n-octane highly diluted in water and water highly diluted in n-octane blends, using a dynamic method implemented in a constant volume CREC-VL-Cell. In the CREC-VL-Cell, a very high level of mixing is achieved, allowing for dispersions to be formed in the liquid phase and good mixing in the gas phase. This VL-Cell and its auxiliary equipment provide an increasing temperature ramp in the 30–110 °C range. It is found that the CREC-VL-Cell is of special value, for studying immiscible or partially miscible blends, such as is the case of n-octane in water. With the data obtained, which includes vapor pressures and temperatures, data analyses involving mass and molar balances, allow establishing overall liquid and vapor molar fractions. The recorded vapor pressures together with the calculated liquid and vapor molar fractions offer valuable data for VL thermodynamic model discrimination. For instance, it can be shown that vapor pressures, vapor and liquid molar fractions, as calculated with the Aspen-Hysys Peng Robinson Equation of State (Hysys-Aspen PR-EoS) provide only a first approximation of the experimental data, with significant discrepancies in the prediction of an n-octane disengagement temperatures. Thus, the determination of combined measured vapor pressures and calculated overall liquid molar fractions in the CREC-VL-Cell, offers a valuable and accurate procedure for thermodynamic model validation and discrimination.

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Thermodynamic Model for Vapor-Liquid Phase Equilibrium in an Exerted Magnetic Field

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.550-553.2704 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 550-553 ◽

pp. 2704-2711

Author(s):

Hong Bo Tang ◽

Min Qing Zhang

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Field ◽

Phase Equilibrium ◽

Liquid Phase ◽

Magnetic Fields ◽

Thermodynamic Model ◽

Water System ◽

Liquid Equilibrium ◽

Vapor Liquid Equilibrium ◽

The Magnetic Field ◽

Vapor Liquid

Many researchers have shown a great deal of interest in the effects that magnetic fields have when applied in chemical reactions, crystallization, magnetic separation of materials, magnetic levitation, materials processing, and wastewater treatment. However, surprisingly little research has been done on the effects of magnetic fields on the vapor-liquid equilibrium and the thermodynamic model for vapor-liquid phase equilibrium. The influence of magnetic fields on vapor-liquid equilibrium of binary heterogeneous azeotrope was investigated with ethanol-water in this paper. It was found that the vapor-liquid equilibrium of an ethanol-water system is influenced by the external magnetic field, but that the azeotropic point of the ethanol-water system is not changed by the magnetic field when the magnetic intensity reaches 0.8 T. Rather, the exerted magnetic field reduces the equilibrium temperature and shortens the distance between T-x curve and T-y curve in T-x-y diagram of the vapor-liquid equilibrium of the ethanol-water system. A thermodynamic model for vapor-liquid phase equilibrium in the exerted magnetic field was derived theoretically, based on the fundamental thermodynamic theory. The results show that the logarithm value of the ratio of the composition of the certain component in a magnetic field to that without the magnetic field is proportional to the magnetic susceptibility of the solution, and to the square of magnetic field intensity. This template explains and demonstrates how to prepare your camera-ready paper for Trans Tech Publications. The best is to read these instructions and follow the outline of this text.

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Hydrogen Storage: Thermodynamic Analysis of Alkyl-Quinolines and Alkyl-Pyridines as Potential Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC)

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app112411758 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 11758

Author(s):

Sergey P. Verevkin ◽

Sergey P. Safronov ◽

Artemiy A. Samarov ◽

Sergey V. Vostrikov

Keyword(s):

Liquid Phase ◽

Gas Phase ◽

Wood Preservation ◽

Enthalpies Of Formation ◽

Vapor Pressures ◽

Liquid Phase Hydrogenation ◽

Substituted Quinolines ◽

Attractive Option ◽

Substituted Pyridines ◽

High Level

The liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC) are aromatic molecules, which can be considered as an attractive option for the storage and transport of hydrogen. A considerable amount of hydrogen up to 7–8% wt. can be loaded and unloaded with a reversible chemical reaction. Substituted quinolines and pyridines are available from petroleum, coal processing, and wood preservation, or they can be synthesized from aniline. Quinolines and pyridines can be considered as potential LOHC systems, provided they have favorable thermodynamic properties, which were the focus of this current study. The absolute vapor pressures of methyl-quinolines were measured using the transpiration method. The standard molar enthalpies of vaporization of alkyl-substituted quinolines and pyridines were derived from the vapor pressure temperature dependencies. Thermodynamic data on vaporization and formation enthalpies available in the literature were collected, evaluated, and combined with our own experimental results. The theoretical standard molar gas-phase enthalpies of formation of quinolines and pyridines, calculated using the quantum-chemical G4 methods, agreed well with the evaluated experimental data. Reliable standard molar enthalpies of formation in the liquid phase were derived by combining high-level quantum chemistry values of gas-phase enthalpies of formation with experimentally determined enthalpies of vaporization. The liquid-phase hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reaction enthalpies of alkyl-substituted pyridines and quinolines were calculated and compared with the data for other potential liquid organic hydrogen carriers. The comparatively low enthalpies of reaction make these heteroaromatics a seminal LOHC system.

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