A new method for critical points calculation from cubic EOS

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1220-1227

  Nichita, Dan Vladimir ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Calculation method; Critical point; Cubic equation of state; Reduction theorem; Spinodal

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION METHODS; CUBIC EQUATION OF STATE; REDUCTION THEOREMS; SPINODAL;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; MIXTURES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; MIXTURES; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 33645648784     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10677     Document Type: Article

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