Vapor-liquid equilibria for the binary mixtures of dimethyl ether (DME)+ dimethyl carbonate (DMC)

Abstract

Isothermal vapor-liquid equilibrium data for the binary system of dimethyl ether (DME)+dimethyl carbonate (DMC) were measured at 303.15, 313.15, 323.15, 333.15 and 343.15 K using a circulation-type equilibrium apparatus with on-line gas chromatography analysis. The experimental data were correlated with the Peng-Robinson equation of state (PR-EoS) using the van der Waals one fluid mixing rule and the Peng-Robinson equation of state (PR-EoS) using the Wong-Sandler mixing rule combined with the NRTL excess Gibbs free energy model. This system showed negative deviation from Raoult’s law, and no azeotropic behavior was observed for all the temperature ranges studied here. Calculated results with PR-EoS using both two mixing rules showed good agreement with experimental data.