二氧化碳和碳酸二甲酯二元体系的气液相平衡数据

实验测定了二氧化碳和碳酸二甲酯(DMC)二元体系的高压气液相平衡数据. 实验温度为333.0 到393.0 K, 实验压力为3.98 到13.75 MPa. 应用Peng-Robison (PR)立方形状态方程和van der Waals-1 混合规则对实验数据进行了关联计算, 同时得到了二元相互作用参数. 计算结果与实验数据具有很好的一致性.     

顺丁烯二酸酐与邻苯二甲酸二甲酯二元体系在4.00, 8.00和12.00 kPa下的等压气液平衡

采用沸点仪测定了顺丁烯二酸酐和邻苯二甲酸二甲酯二元体系在4.00, 8.00和12.00 kPa下的等压气液平衡数据以及纯DMP组分饱和蒸气压数据, 将实验数据回归得到了纯DMP在417~525 K范围内的Antoine方程. 根据实验平衡温度、 压力和组成数据进一步回归得到NRTL方程参数, 推算出平衡气液相组成, 并利用UNIFAC方程对实验数据进行了预测, 其结果与沸点仪测定结果及NRTL拟合的结果基本相符.     

Binary vapor–liquid equilibrium of methyl glycolate and ethylene glycol

Vapor pressure of methyl glycolate and the binary isothermal vapor–liquid equilibrium of ethylene glycol and methyl glycolate were measured by using static method. The experimental data was correlated with the Wilson and NRTL activity coefficient models. Good agreement between the experimental data and model is achieved.     

加压流化床流化性质的实验与模拟研究

在二维射流流化床装置中,考察了压力对颗粒和气泡运动的影响规律.通过使用摄像技术详细的记录了压力下气泡的行为,并对其进行了分析,由此解决了较高压力下测量流态化性质较为困难的问题.数值研究通过CFD双欧拉模型模拟了带有V形分布器和中心射流的二维流化床内压力对气泡大小、床的膨胀率和射流深度的影响.实验和理论结果表明,在加压状态下,射流气速和分布板气速对气泡的产生、大小及形状有不同的影响.在较高的操作压力下,射流气速增加,气泡变长;分布器气速增大,气泡则变大;射流高度随着分布器气速的增加而降低.模拟结果与实验数据吻合较好,由此该模型为研究较高操作压力下射流流化床流化性质提供了有利的工具.     

Simulation of Ion Motion at Atmospheric Pressure: Particle Tracing Versus Electrokinetic Flow

Results obtained with two computational approaches for the simulation of ion motion at elevated pressure are compared with experimentally derived ion current data. The computational approaches used are charged particle tracings with the software package SIMION ver. 8 and finite element based calculations using the software package Comsol Multiphysics ver. 4.0/4.0a. The experimental setup consisted of a tubular corona discharge ion source coupled to a cylindrical measurement chamber held at atmospheric pressure. Generated ions are flown into the chamber at essentially subsonic laminar isothermal conditions. In the simulations, strictly stationary conditions were assumed. The results show very good agreement between the SIMION/SDS model and experimental data. For the Comsol model, only qualitative agreement is observed.     

Competitive effect of glucose–fructose adsorption in a fixed‐bed chromatographic column

A continuous separation system such as a simulated moving‐bed process requires adsorption data with precise equilibrium and kinetic model parameters of a single chromatographic column. The adsorption of glucose and fructose in a fixed‐bed chromatographic column was investigated to determine the competition effect of each component resulting from their initial molar ratios. The model parameters including bed porosity and axial dispersion coefficient were determined using the moment analysis method. The equilibrium isotherm parameters were estimated by conducting experiments at various molar ratios and initial sugar concentrations. The parameters obtained were then used for the simulation of dynamic breakthrough curves of glucose and fructose. The equilibrium isotherms revealed that the linear adsorption pattern provided good prediction for each molar ratio using the Henry equation. In addition, the modified Langmuir model was proposed to account for the competitive adsorption, due to the cooperative competition effect whereby glucose was promoted to the active sites by fructose to a greater degree than vice versa. A good agreement between the experimental and numerical data of the adsorption time profiles was also observed.     

Vapour–liquid equilibrium for the ethyl ethanoate + 1-butene, +cis-2-butene, +trans-2-butene, +2-methylpropene, +n-butane and +2-methylpropane

Isothermal vapour–liquid equilibrium was measured for ethyl ethanoate + 1-butene, +cis-2-butene, +trans-2-butene, +2-methylpropene, +n-butane and +2-methylpropane at 318.4 K with an automated static total pressure measurement apparatus. The experimental data was correlated with the Wilson activity coefficient model. A good agreement between the experiments and the model was achieved. All six binary systems exhibited positive deviation from Raoult's law.     

Measurement and correlation of solubility of carbon dioxide in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids

The solubility of carbon dioxide in the ionic liquids 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate and 1-nonyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate was measured at temperatures of 293.15 and 298.15 K and pressure up to 4 MPa using a stoichiometric phase equilibrium apparatus. The measured data for 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate were in good agreement with existing literature data and new solubility data were reported for 1-nonyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate. The measured data were correlated using the group contribution non-random lattice fluid equation of state (GC-NLF EoS) proposed by Lee and co-workers. The group parameters for CG-NLF EoS were slightly modified at limited range to accommodate recent experimental data and better prediction at high pressure and long alkyl chains.     

Equilibrium copolymerization of tetrahydrofuran-3-methyltetrahydrofuran

The bulk cationic copolymerization of tetrahydrofuran and 3-methyl-tetrahydrofuran was studied at 0°C with acetylhexafluoroantimonate as initiator. The experimental equilibrium concentrations of both monomers were determined in all the intervals of composition, and the results obtained were compared with those calculated by different methods developed to study copolymerization systems in which depropagation reactions play an important role. In particular, very good agreement between calculated and experimental values was obtained by using Monte Carlo methods of simulation that allow the determination of the unknown cross-propagation and cross-depropagation rate constants, a necessary condition to calculate the equilibrium monomer concentrations.     

Liquid phase equilibria for mixtures of (an aliphatic hydrocarbon + toluene + γ-butyrolactone) at 298.2 K and atmospheric pressure

Liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) data for three ternary systems consisting of {n-heptane or n-hexane or cyclohexane (1) + toluene (2) + γ-butyrolactone (3)} were measured at 298.2 K and atmospheric pressure. The reliability of the experimental tie-line data was verified by using the Othmer–Tobias correlation. Distribution coefficients, separation factors and selectivity were evaluated for the immiscibility region. The experimental tie-line data were correlated by the UNIQUAC equation and also predicted with the UNIFAC model. The calculated results were compared with the experimental data. Better agreement with the experimental data was obtained by the UNIQUAC equation. The UNIFAC model does not provide reasonable correlations.     

Study on volatility and flash point of the pseudo binary mixtures of sunflower-based biodiesel + methylcyclohexane

The transesterification of sunflower seed oil was carried out in supercritical ethanol without using any catalyst to produce biodiesel. In the present work, methylcyclohexane was added to enhance the vapor pressure of biodiesel. The vapor pressures of mixtures of biodiesel + methylcyclohexane as a function of temperature were measured by comparative ebulliometry with an inclined ebulliometer. The vapor pressures versus composition at different temperatures were obtained. Experimental data of vapor pressures and equilibrium temperatures were correlated by the Antoine equation. A mathematical model was used to predict the flash point of the pseudo binary mixtures. With the regular solution theory, the predictive flash point displays agreement with the experimental data obtained by closed cup test.     

Phase diagrams of liquid-liquid equilibria for the systems water-phosphoric acid-solvent entrainer at 313.15 and 333.15 K

Liquid-liquid equilibria data have been determined for the ternary system of water + phosphoric acid + solvent entrainer (1,4-dimethylbenzene, 1,2-dichloroethane, and n-hexane) at 313.15 and 333.15 K. Experiments were carried out at atmospheric pressure using stirred and thermo-regulated cells. The ternary phase diagrams were obtained by the experimental solubility and tie-line data. The Othmer-Tobias equation was used to correlate the tie-line compositions. The measured liquid-liquid equilibrium data were compared with the non-random two liquid activity coefficient model. Root mean square deviations between experimental and calculated compositions were considered satisfactory. It was showed that the non-random two liquid model of all ternary systems presented very good satisfactory results with root mean square deviations so that this model was highly appropriate to calculate thermodynamic properties of the ternary solutions. The liquid-liquid equilibrium thermodynamic properties of water + phosphoric acid + solvent entrainer can be used in research on the nature of mixing behavior of the ternary system for molecular models and industrial applications in concentration the phosphoric acid aqueous solution.     

Measurement and thermodynamic model study on equilibrium solubility in the ternary system KCl-KBr-H2O at 323.15 K

The solubilities and the refractive indices of the KCl-KBr-H₂O system at 323.15 K were studied with the isothermal dissolution method. The phase diagram and refractive index diagram were plotted for this system at 323.15 K. There is only one crystallization field of the solid solution K(Cl, Br). The system belongs to the solid solution type. The refractive indices of the equilibrium solution varies regularly with w(KCl) increasing. The calculated refractive index data are in good agreement with the experimental data. The parameter Ψ_{K, Cl, Br} at 323.15 K was fitted using the measured solubility data in this study. The equilibrium constant equation for the equilibrium solids at 323.15 K were obtained using the different Pitzer parameters from the literature or this work with a method using the activity product constant. The calculated solubilities agree well with experimental values.     

Analysis of osmotic pressure data for aqueous protein solutions via a multicomponent model

Integral equation theories and Monte Carlo simulations were used to study the Donnan equilibrium, which is established by an equilibrium distribution of a simple electrolyte between an aqueous protein-electrolyte mixture and an aqueous solution of the same simple electrolyte, when these two phases are separated by a semipermeable membrane. In order to describe the unusually low osmotic pressure found in many experiments we assumed that protein molecules can form dimers. The model solution contains proteins in a monomeric form, represented as charged hard spheres, or in a dimerized form, modeled as fused charged hard spheres. The counterions and coions were also modeled as charged hard spheres but of a much smaller size. The associative mean spherical and hypernetted-chain approximations were applied to this model. In addition, Monte Carlo computer simulations were performed for the same model system mimicking a lysozyme solution in the presence of 0.1 M sodium chloride. Theory and simulations were found to be in reasonably good agreement for the thermodynamic properties such as chemical potential and osmotic pressure under these conditions. Using the theoretical approaches mentioned above, we analyzed the experimental data for the osmotic pressure of bovine serum albumin in 0.15 M sodium chloride, human serum albumin solution (HSA) in 0.1 M phosphate buffer, and lysozyme in sulphate and phosphate buffers. The theoretically determined osmotic coefficients were fitted to the existing experimental data in order to obtain the fraction of dimers in solution. Our analysis indicated that there was relatively small self-association of protein molecules for bovine serum albumin solutions at pH=5.4 and 7.3, with the fraction of dimers smaller than 10%, while at pH=4.5 the dimer fraction was equal to 50%. In the case of HSA solutions, strong negative deviations from the ideal value were found and at pH=8.0 a reasonably good agreement between the theory and experiment is obtained by assuming full dimerization. For HSA solution at pH=5.4, the best fit to the experimental results was obtained for a fraction of dimers equal to 80%.     

The phase equilibriums in the NH4Cl-CaCl2-H2O system at 50 and 75°C and their Pitzer model representations

The solubilities and refractive indexes in the NH₄Cl-CaCl₂-H₂O system were measured at 50 and 75°C and the phase diagrams were constructed on the basis of the experimental data. The mixing parameters and equilibrium constant K _sp were evaluated using the Pitzer ion-interaction model representations. The results obtained were in good agreement with the experimental data. The mixed parameters of Pitzer ion-interaction model and equilibrium constant obtained in the work can furthermore be applied to solubility predictions of more complicated systems containing NH₄Cl and CaCl₂.     

Determination of dual-mode sorption and mobility parameters from permeation experiments

The precise pressure dependence of apparent diffusion and permeation coefficients was measured by using a microcomputer system for collecting and treating permeation data for CO₂ in glassy poly(ethylene terephthalate) below 1 atm between 15 and 40°C. The partial immobilization model was used to determine the dual-mode sorption and mobility parameters. The curves calculated with these parameters were in excellent agreement with experimental data. These parameters were also compared with sorption parameters obtained from measurements at 30°C. There was a small difference between the values of the parameters obtained from these permeation data and those from sorption data which we had previously obtained. Relations between this difference and the method of determination of the parameters are discussed.     

Thermodynamic behaviour of ethanol+methanol+2-ethoxy-2-methylpropane system. Physical properties and phase equilibria

The densities, refractive indices and speeds of sound of ternary ethanol+methanol+2-ethoxy-2-methylpropane (ETBE) mixtures were determined at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure, and were used to calculate the corresponding excess molar volumes and the deviations of the molar refractive index and isentropic compressibility from linear dependence on concentration. These excess and deviational quantities were best predicted by the equations of Radojkovic, Kohler and Jacob and Fitzner. Vapour–liquid equilibrium (VLE) data were obtained for the ternary system at 101.32 kPa, shown to pass thermodynamic consistency tests, correlated by means of the equations Wilson, NRTL and UNIQUAC, and compared with the results predicted by the ASOG-KT and original and modified UNIFAC methods and by the equations of Wilson, NRTL and UNIQUAC with interaction parameters obtained from data for the relevant binary systems. The agreement between the experimental data and the latter predictions was as good as was achieved by ASOG-KT and UNIFAC-Dortmund, which were the best of the group contribution methods.     

Monte Carlo simulations of hydrogen adsorption in alkali-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes

Monte Carlo simulations and Widom's test particle insertion method have been used to calculate the solubility coefficients (S) and the adsorption equilibrium constants (K) in single-walled (10,10) armchair carbon nanotubes including single nanotubes, and nanotube bundles with various configurations with and without alkali dopants. The hydrogen adsorption isotherms at room temperature were predicted by following the Langmuir adsorption model using the calculated constants S and K. The simulation results were in good agreement with experimental data as well as the grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation results reported in the literature. The simulations of nanotube bundle configurations suggest that the gravimetric hydrogen adsorption increases with internanotube gap size. It may be attributed to favorable hydrogen-nanotube interactions outside the nanotubes. The effect of alkali doping on hydrogen adsorption was studied by incorporating K+ or Li+ ions into nanotube arrays using a Monte Carlo simulation. The results on hydrogen adsorption isotherms indicate hydrogen adsorption of 3.95 wt% for K-doping, and 4.21 wt% for Li-doping, in reasonable agreement with the experimental results obtained at 100 atm and room temperature.     

Separation mechanism of nortriptyline and amytriptyline in RPLC

The single and the competitive equilibrium isotherms of nortriptyline and amytriptyline were acquired by frontal analysis (FA) on the C18- bonded discovery column, using a 28/72 (v/v) mixture of acetonitrile and water buffered with phosphate (20 mM, pH 2.70). The adsorption energy distributions (AED) of each compound were calculated from the raw adsorption data. Both the fitting of the adsorption data using multi-linear regression analysis and the AEDs are consistent with a trimodal isotherm model. The single-component isotherm data fit well to the tri-Langmuir isotherm model. The extension to a competitive two-component tri-Langmuir isotherm model based on the best parameters of the single-component isotherms does not account well for the breakthrough curves nor for the overloaded band profiles measured for mixtures of nortriptyline and amytriptyline. However, it was possible to derive adjusted parameters of a competitive tri-Langmuir model based on the fitting of the adsorption data obtained for these mixtures. A very good agreement was then found between the calculated and the experimental overloaded band profiles of all the mixtures injected.