A rapid and robust alternative to Rachford-Rice in flash calculations

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 316, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-97

  Li, Yinghui ^a,c   Johns, Russell T ^b   Ahmadi, Kaveh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fronterra Geosciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Constant K; Constant K values; Flash; Flash calculations; K values; Li Johns; Minimum miscibility pressure (MMP); MME; MMP calculations; Negative flash; Phase behavior; Phase equilibrium; Rachford Rice; Whitson Michelsen

Indexed keywords

FLASH; K-VALUES; LI-JOHNS; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE; MME; NEGATIVE FLASHES; RACHFORD-RICE; WHITSON-MICHELSEN;

PHASE BEHAVIOR; SOLUBILITY;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EID: 84862793942     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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