Abstract

Limited phase equilibria data exist for multicomponent systems encountered in the natural gas processing industry. To address this gap, bubble point measurements were performed for methane + propane + methanol; methane + propane + (2,2′-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(oxy)] di(ethan-1-ol) or triethylene glycol); methane + propane + methanol + triethylene glycol systems in the temperature range of 283.16 to 323.16 K and a pressure range of 0.78 to 13.79 MPa. A visual synthetic high-pressure cell comprising a sapphire tube of 33 cm3 working volume was used. The new experimental P-T-x data were modeled using the Cubic Plus Association (CPA) model and the Perturbed-Chain Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (PC-SAFT) model. Model correlations with the CPA model yielded better results than those with the PC-SAFT model, with a maximum absolute average relative deviation in pressure of 6.97% and 7.33%, respectively. The CPA model predictions based on binary parameters alone do not adequately describe phase behavior of multicomponent systems.

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