Fugacity Expressions Using the Trebble-Bishnoi EoS

The expression for the fugacity of a component j in a gas or liquid mixture, fj, based on the Trebble-Bishnoi EoS is available in the literature (Trebble and Bishnoi, 1988). This expression is given in Appendix 1. In addition the partial derivative, (dlnf/dx j P, for a binary mixture is also provided. This expression is very useful in the parameter estimation methods that will be presented in this chapter. 

2 PARAM ETER ESTIMATION USING BINARY VLE DATA 

Traditionally, the binary interaction parameters such as the ka, kb, k, ki in the Trebble-Bishnoi EoS have been estimated from the regression of binary vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data. It is assumed that a set of N experiments have been performed and that at each of these experiments, four state variables were measured. These variables are the temperature (T), pressure (P), liquid (x) and vapor (y) phase mole fractions of one of the components. The measurements of these variables are related to the true but unknown values of the state variables by the equations given next 

It should be kept in mind that an objective function which does not require any phase equilibrium calculations during each minimization step is the basis for a robust and efficient estimation method. The development of implicit objective functions is based on the phase equilibrium criteria (Englezos et al. 1990a). Finally, it should be noted that one important underlying assumption in applying ML estimation is that the model is capable of representing the data without any systematic deviation. Cubic equations of state compute equilibrium properties of fluid mixtures with a variable degree of success and hence the ML method should be used with caution. 

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