A determination of the activity of water in water-alcohol mixtures using mobile order thermodynamics

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2767-2771

  Nihous, Gérard C ^a   Kinoshita, Christopher K ^a   Masutani, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas hydrates; Inhibitors; Mobile order; Solutions; Stability; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL MOLECULES; ALKYL GROUPS; COMPLEX ALCOHOLS; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; ERGODIC THEORIES; HYDRATE STABILITIES; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INHIBITION MECHANISMS; INHIBITORS; LIQUID PHASIS; MOBILE ORDER; THERMODYNAMIC INHIBITORS; TRI-ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; WATER-ALCOHOL MIXTURES;

BINARY MIXTURES; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDRATION; ISOMERS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 65549152387     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.02.047     Document Type: Article

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