Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society (Jan 2005)

Vapour-liquid equilibrium of the OPLS, optimized potentials for liquid simulations, model for binary systems of alkanes and alkanes + alcohols

  • Šerbanović Slobodan P.,
  • Mijajlović Milan LJ.,
  • Radović Ivona R.,
  • Đorđević Bojan D.,
  • Kijevčanin Mirjana LJ.,
  • Đorđević Emila M.,
  • Tasić Aleksandar Ž.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC0503527S
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 70, no. 3
pp. 527 – 539

Abstract

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The NpT - Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo computer simulation method was applied to predict the vapour-liquid equilibrium (VLE) behavior of the binary systems ethane + pentane at 277.55 K and 310.95 K, ethane + hexane at 298.15 K, propane + methanol at 313.15 K and propane + ethanol at 325.15 K and 425.15 K. The optimized potentials for the liquid simulating (OPLS) model were used to describe the interactions of alkanes and alcohols. The simulated VLE predictions are compared with experimental data available for the pressure and phase composition of the analyzed binary systems. The agreement between the experimental data and the simulation results is found to be generally good, although slightly better for system in which both components were nonpolar.

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