Comprehensive characterization of interfacial behavior for the mixture CO2 + H2O + CH4: Comparison between atomistic and coarse grained molecular simulation models and density gradient theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 42, 2014, Pages 24504-24519

  Míguez, José Manuel ^a   Garrido, José Matías ^c   Blas, Felipe J ^d   Segura, Hugo ^c   Mejía, Andrés ^c   Piñeiro, Manuel M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIQUIDS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; WETTING;

COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; DENSITY GRADIENT THEORIES; NATURAL GAS RECOVERIES; PREFERENTIAL ADSORPTION; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; VAPOR-LIQUID-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84949116343     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507107a     Document Type: Article

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