Development and extension of PSRK/UNIQUAC model to methane and nitrogen gases

Abstract

Two successful procedures for matching the equation of state (EOS) and the excess Gibbs energy model at zero pressure belong to Michelsen [M.L. Michelsen, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 60 (1990) 213] and Holderbaum-Gmehling [T. Holderbaum, J. Gmehling, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 70 (1991) 251]. These procedures lead to volume independent mixing rules for the mixture parameter a. Michelsen proposed the MHV1 and MHV2 mixing rules and Holderbaum-Gmehling proposed the PSRK mixing rule. Keshtkar et al. [A. Keshtkar, F. Jalali, M. Moshfegian, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 140 (1997) 107] demonstrated the utility of these mixing rules together with UNIFAC and UNIQUAC models for the prediction of high-pressure vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) of CO 2-binary systems. Also, they showed that the PSRK/UNIQUAC model gives better VLE results than other models. In this paper, we develop and extend the above model to methane and nitrogen gases. For this purpose, it is required that the missing interaction parameters of model are fitted with experimental VLE data. The VLE calculations show that good agreement between calculated results and experimental data can be produced by using the obtained parameters.