High pressure vapor–liquid equilibria for carbon dioxide + tetrahydrofuran mixtures

Abstract

Vapor–liquid equilibria and saturated density for carbon dioxide + tetrahydrofuran mixtures at high pressures were measured by the analytical method at the temperatures 298.15 and 313.15 K. The experimental apparatus equipped with three Anton Paar DMA 512S vibrating tube density meters was previously developed for measuring vapor–liquid–liquid equilibrium at high pressures. The equilibrium composition and saturated density of each phase were determined by gas chromatograph and vibrating tube density meters, respectively. The bubble point pressure at the temperature 313.15 K was further measured by the synthetic method. The experimental data were correlated with Soave–Redlich–Kwong (SRK) equation of state and the pseudocubic equation of state.