Vapor-liquid equilibria of mixtures containing alkanes, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1676-1682

  Potoff, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Siepmann, J Ilja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON DIOXIDE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN; PARAFFINS;

ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEXANE; NITROGEN; PROPANE;

ALKANE; BINARY MIXTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NITROGEN; VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HISTOGRAM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACEMIC MIXTURE; VAPOR;

EID: 0035389955     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690470719     Document Type: Article

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