Calculation of convergence pressure/temperature and stability test limit loci of mixtures with cubic equations of state

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 176-184

  Nichita, Dan Vladimir ^a   Broseta, Daniel ^a   Montel, Francois ^b  

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

^b CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

Convergence pressure; Critical point; Cubic equation of state; Negative flash; Spinodal; Stability test limit; Tangent plane distance

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONVERGENCE PRESSURE; NEGATIVE FLASH; STABILITY TEST LIMIT; TANGENT PLANE DISTANCE;

PHASE DIAGRAMS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 35348966349     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2007.07.041     Document Type: Article

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