Estimation of Vapor Pressures and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Biodiesel-Related Fatty Acid Alkyl Esters. Part 2. New Parameters for Classic Vapor Pressure Correlations

Abstract

In Part I of this series of articles, predictive models capable of estimating vapor pressures and enthalpies of vaporization of biodiesel-related esters have been reviewed. In this study, we propose component-specific parameters for classic vapor pressure correlations. First, the previously collected database was evaluated and used in the regression of Antoine coefficients for all compounds. Then, a constrained regression methodology was employed to generate extrapolatable Wagner parameters for the esters whose experimental critical properties were available. Finally, expressions derived from the Clausius–Clapeyron equation have been investigated for the estimation of enthalpies of vaporization. A comparative analysis of the results produced by our parameters and by others available in the literature encourages the use of our values in future applications.