Thermodynamic modeling of liquid-fluid phase equilibrium in supercritical ethylene + copolymer + co-solvent systems using the PC-SAFT equation of state

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-29

  Arce, Pedro F ^a   Aznar, Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Co solvent; Copolymer; High pressure; Phase equilibrium

Indexed keywords

1-BUTENE; 1-HEXENE; ACRYLIC ACIDS; BINARY INTERACTIONS; CLOUD POINTS; CO-SOLVENT; COSOLVENTS; DENSITY DATA; DOUBLE BONDS; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; FLUID-PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; LINEAR POLYMERS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; N-BUTANE; PC-SAFT; PC-SAFT EQUATION; POLY (ETHYLENE-CO-VINYL ACETATE); POLY(ETHYLENE-CO-ACRYLIC ACID); POLYMERIC MATERIAL; PURE COMPONENTS; PURE LIQUIDS; PVT DATA; RELATIVE DEVIATIONS; SATURATED LIQUID; STATISTICAL ASSOCIATING FLUID THEORY; SUPER-CRITICAL; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING; THERMODYNAMIC PERTURBATION THEORY; VAN DER WAALS MIXING RULE; VINYL ACETATES;

BUTANE; BUTENES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF LIQUIDS; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HELIUM; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LIQUIDS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; METHANE; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; SOLVENTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; THERMODYNAMICS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

POLYVINYL ACETATES;

EID: 74449093827     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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