Measurement and modeling of the solubility of water in supercritical methane and ethane from 310 to 477 K and pressures from 3.4 to 110 MPa

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 6770-6777

  Yarrison, Matt ^a   Cox, Kenneth R ^a   Chapman, Walter G ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; METHANE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

FUGACITY COEFFICIENTS; ROBINSON EQUATION OF STATE; SPANNING PRESSURES; SUPERCRITICAL METHANE;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; METHANE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLUBILITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; WATER;

EID: 33749830972     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0513752     Document Type: Article

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