Vapour-liquid phase equilibria predictions of methane-alkane mixtures by Monte Carlo simulation

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Mackie, Allan D ^a,c   Tavitian, Bernard ^a   Boutin, Anne ^b   Fuchs, Alain H ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkane mixtures; Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations; Liquid vapour equilibria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011369270     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927029708024135     Document Type: Article

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