Phase equilibrium data and thermodynamic modelling of the system (propane + DMF + methanol) at high pressures

Reported in this work are phase equilibrium data at high pressures for the binary and ternary systems formed by {propane + N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) + methanol}. Phase equilibrium measurements were performed in a high-pressure, variable-volume view cell, following the static synthetic method for obtaining the experimental bubble and dew points transition data over the temperature range of (363 to 393) K, pressures up to 11.5 MPa and overall mole fraction of the lighter component varying from 0.1 to 0.995. For the systems investigated, vapour–liquid (VLE), liquid–liquid (LLE) and vapour–liquid–liquid (VLLE) phase transitions were visually recorded. Results show that the systems investigated present UCST (upper critical solution temperature) phase transition curves with an UCEP (upper critical end point) at a temperature higher than the propane critical temperature. The experimental data were modelled using the Peng–Robinson equation of state with the Wong–Sandler and the classical quadratic mixing rules, affording a satisfactory representation of the experimental data.