Mixtures vapor + liquid equilibria

Group volume R and surface area Q are presented for 50 groups by Hansen et al. [17]. While the group volume R and surface area Q are obtained from analysis of pure substance data, the group-interaction parameters are obtained from correlation of mixture vapor-liquid equilibrium data. 

To solve distillation problems involving multicomponent mixtures, vapor-liquid equilibrium data and enthalpy data are needed. The methods used to obtain these data may be classified as follows (1) the use of a single equation of state and (2) the use of multiple equations of state and/or correlations for the prediction of the liquid and vapor parts of the K values and the enthalpies. This classification was suggested by Adler et al.2 in an excellent paper on the industrial uses of equations of state. Although the first approach, the use of a single equation of state, is the more desirable, many industrial problems are encountered in which this approach is too inaccurate and the second approach is used. 

For the analysis of distillation and other vapor-liquid separation processes one must estimate the compositions of the vapor and liquid in equilibrium. This topic is considered in detail in this chapter with particular reference to the preparation of mixture vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) phase diagrams, partial vaporization and condensation. calculations, and the use of vapor-liquid equilibrium ippasurements to,obtain infonnac-. 

Figure 6.10 shows activity coefficient derivatives over the whole composition range for experiment from three correlations and the Verlet method. A procedure for experimental data analysis was described by Wooley and O Connell (1991), in which one extracts the isothermal compressibility, partial molar volumes, and activity coefficient derivatives from experimental data. The activity coefficient derivatives are obtained by fitting mixture vapor-liquid equilibrium data to obtain parameters for at least two different models. Wooley and O Connell employed the Wilson, non-random, two liquid (NRTL) and modified Margules (mM) models. Partial molar volumes are obtained from correlations of mixture densities (Handa and Benson 1979). Isothermal compressibilities are either taken from measurements or estimated with... 

For a given mixture, vapor-liquid equilibrium at constant pressure (P) and temperature (T) is generally described by the following equation ... 

The development of the equation was targeted primarily at improving the accuracy of vapor-liquid equilibrium calculations. The underlying reasoning in developing the equations was that a necessary condition for an equation of state to predict mixture vapor-liquid equilibrium properties was that it accurately predict pure component vapor-liquid equilibrium properties, namely pure component... 

Distribution constant for a component in a mixture (vapor/liquid equilibrium) is defined as K = y... 

Test mixtures Vapor-liquid equilibrium data are of great importance for optimum design of industrial separation units working under different conditions. With regard to this, the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (90ONK1) elaborated a list (Table 1.2) with phase properties of twelve recommended systems, typical for most cases which may be encountered, namely the systems Table 1.2 Test mixtures ... 

American Petroleum Institute, Bibliographies on Hydrocarbons, Vols. 1-4, "Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data for Hydrocarbon Systems" (1963), "Vapor Pressure Data for Hydrocarbons" (1964), "Volumetric and Thermodynamic Data for Pure Hydrocarbons and Their Mixtures" (1964), "Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data for Hydrocarbon-Nonhydrocarbon Gas Systems" (1964), API, Division of Refining, Washington. 

Compilation of data for binary mixtures reports some vapor-liquid equilibrium data as well as other properties such as density and viscosity. 

Using UNIQUAC, Table 2 summarizes vapor-liquid equilibrium predictions for several representative ternary mixtures and one quaternary mixture. Agreement is good between calculated and experimental pressures (or temperatures) and vapor-phase compositions. ... 

To illustrate the criterion for parameter estimation, let 1, 2, and 3 represent the three components in a mixture. Components 1 and 2 are only partially miscible components 1 and 3, as well as components 2 and 3 are totally miscible. The two binary parameters for the 1-2 binary are determined from mutual-solubility data and remain fixed. Initial estimates of the four binary parameters for the two completely miscible binaries, 1-3 and 2-3, are determined from sets of binary vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data. The final values of these parameters are then obtained by fitting both sets of binary vapor-liquid equilibrium data simultaneously with the limited ternary tie-line data. 

VPLQFT is a computer program for correlating binary vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data at low to moderate pressures. For such binary mixtures, the truncated virial equation of state is used to correct for vapor-phase nonidealities, except for mixtures containing organic acids where the "chemical" theory is used. The Hayden-0 Connell (1975) correlation gives either the second virial coefficients or the dimerization equilibrium constants, as required. 

The vapor-liquid equilibrium of the binary mixture is well fitted by Van Laar s equations (228). It was determined from 100 to 760 mm Hg. and the experimental data was correlated by the Antoine equation (289, 290), with P in mm Hg and t in °C ... 

Propylene oxide is a colorless, low hoiling (34.2°C) liquid. Table 1 lists general physical properties Table 2 provides equations for temperature variation on some thermodynamic functions. Vapor—liquid equilibrium data for binary mixtures of propylene oxide and other chemicals of commercial importance ate available. References for binary mixtures include 1,2-propanediol (14), water (7,8,15), 1,2-dichloropropane [78-87-5] (16), 2-propanol [67-63-0] (17), 2-methyl-2-pentene [625-27-4] (18), methyl formate [107-31-3] (19), acetaldehyde [75-07-0] (17), methanol [67-56-1] (20), ptopanal [123-38-6] (16), 1-phenylethanol [60-12-8] (21), and / /f-butanol [75-65-0] (22,23). 

Additional compilations of vapor-pressure data include Boubhk, Fried, and Hala, The Vapor Pre.s.sure.s of Pure Substances, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1984. See also Hirata, Ohe, and Nagahama, Computer Aided Data Book of Vapor-Liquid Equilibria, Kodansha/Elsevier, Tokyo, 1975 Weishaupt, Landolt-Bornstein New Series Group TV, vol. 3 Thermodynamic Equilibria of Boiling Mixtures, Springer-Verlag, Berhn, 1975 Wichterle, Linek, and Hala, Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data Bibliography, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1973 suppl. 1, 1976 suppl. 2,1982. 

For mixtures containing more than two species, an additional degree of freedom is available for each additional component. Thus, for a four-component system, the equihbrium vapor and liquid compositions are only fixed if the pressure, temperature, and mole fractious of two components are set. Representation of multicomponent vapor-hquid equihbrium data in tabular or graphical form of the type shown earlier for biuaiy systems is either difficult or impossible. Instead, such data, as well as biuaiy-system data, are commonly represented in terms of ivapor-liquid equilibrium ratios), which are defined by... 

Since the boiling point properties of the components in the mixture being separated are so critical to the distillation process, the vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) relationship is of importance. Specifically, it is the VLE data for a mixture which establishes the required height of a column for a desired degree of separation. Constant pressure VLE data is derived from boiling point diagrams, from which a VLE curve can be constructed like the one illustrated in Figure 9 for a binary mixture. The VLE plot shown expresses the bubble-point and the dew-point of a binary mixture at constant pressure. The curve is called the equilibrium line, and it describes the compositions of the liquid and vapor in equilibrium at a constant pressure condition. 

The design of a distillation column is based on information derived from the VLE diagram describing the mixtures to be separated. The vapor-liquid equilibrium characteristics are indicated by the characteristic shapes of the equilibrium curves. This is what determines the number of stages, and hence the number of trays needed for a separation. Although column designs are often proprietary, the classical method of McCabe-Thiele for binary columns is instructive on the principles of design. 

Figure 8-2 illustrates a typical normal volatility vapor-liquid equilibrium curve for a particular component of interest in a distillation separation, usually for the more volatile of the binary mixture, or the one where separation is important in a multicomponent mixture. 

K-factors for vapor-liquid equilibrium ratios are usually associated with various hydrocarbons and some common impurities as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide [48]. The K-factor is the equilibrium ratio of the mole fraction of a component in the vapor phase divided by the mole fraction of the same component in the liquid phase. K is generally considered a function of the mixture composition in which a specific component occurs, plus the temperature and pressure of the system at equilibrium. 

Multicomponent distillations are more complicated than binary systems due primarily to the actual or potential involvement or interaction of one or more components of the multicomponent system on other components of the mixture. These interactions may be in the form of vapor-liquid equilibriums such as azeotrope formation, or chemical reaction, etc., any of which may affect the activity relations, and hence deviations from ideal relationships. For example, some systems are known to have two azeotrope combinations in the distillation column. Sometimes these, one or all, can be broken or changed in the vapor pressure relationships by addition of a third chemical or hydrocarbon. 

Several authors, notably Leland and co-workers (L2), have discussed vapor-liquid equilibrium calculations based on corresponding-states correlations. As mentioned in Section II, such calculations rest not only on the general assumptions of corresponding-states theory, but also on the additional assumption that the characterizing parameters for a mixture do not depend on temperature or density but are functions of composition only. Further, it is necessary clearly to specify these functions (commonly known as mixing rules), and experience has shown that if good results are to be obtained, these... 

Liquid and vapor are in equilibrium when the pressure of the vapor phase is the vapor pressure. When the (vapor + liquid) equilibrium mixture is exposed to the atmosphere, the mixture will boil at a temperature where the vapor pressure equals the external (atmospheric) pressure. This temperature is known as the boiling temperature. At the normal boiling temperature, the substance has a vapor pressure of exactly one atmosphere (0.101325 MPa) and hence, boils at this external pressure. 

Several activity coefficient models are available for industrial use. They are presented extensively in the thermodynamics literature (Prausnitz et al., 1986). Here we will give the equations for the activity coefficients of each component in a binary mixture. These equations can be used to regress binary parameters from binary experimental vapor-liquid equilibrium data. 

These models are semiempirical and are based on the concept that intermolecular forces will cause nonrandom arrangement of molecules in the mixture. The models account for the arrangement of molecules of different sizes and the preferred orientation of molecules. In each case, the models are fitted to experimental binary vapor-liquid equilibrium data. This gives binary interaction parameters that can be used to predict multicomponent vapor-liquid equilibrium. In the case of the UNIQUAC equation, if experimentally determined vapor-liquid equilibrium data are not available, the Universal Quasi-chemical Functional Group Activity Coefficients (UNIFAC) method can be used to estimate UNIQUAC parameters from the molecular structures of the components in the mixture3. 

Figure 4.3 Vapor-liquid equilibrium for a binary mixture of benzene and toluene at a pressure of 1 atm. (From Smith R and Jobson M, 2000, Distillation, Encyclopedia of Separation Science, Academic Press reproduced by permission).

Consider first, a binary mixture of two Components A and B the vapor-liquid equilibrium exhibits only a moderate deviation from ideality, as represented in Figure 4.4a. In this case, as pure A boils at a lower temperature than pure B in the temperature-composition... 

Example 4.5 2-Propanol (isopropanol) and water form an azeotropic mixture at a particular liquid composition that results in the vapor and liquid compositions being equal. Vapor-liquid equilibrium for 2-propanol-water mixtures can be predicted by the Wilson equation. Vapor pressure coefficients in bar with temperature in Kelvin for the Antoine equation are given in Table 4.113. Data for the Wilson equation are given in Table 4.126. Assume the gas constant R = 8.3145 kJ-kmol 1-K 1. Determine the azeotropic composition at 1 atm. 

The vapor-liquid x-y diagram in Figures 4.6c and d can be calculated by setting a liquid composition and calculating the corresponding vapor composition in a bubble point calculation. Alternatively, vapor composition can be set and the liquid composition determined by a dew point calculation. If the mixture forms two-liquid phases, the vapor-liquid equilibrium calculation predicts a maximum in the x-y diagram, as shown in Figures 4.6c and d. Note that such a maximum cannot appear with the Wilson equation. 

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