Modeling the thermodynamic and transport properties of decahydronaphthalene/propane mixtures: Phase equilibria, density, and viscosity

The density and viscosity of propane mixed with 66/34 trans/cis-decahydronaphthalene were measured over a wide range of temperatures (323-423 K), pressures (2.5-208 bar), and compositions (0-65 mol% propane). For conditions giving two phases, the composition of the dense phase was measured in addition to the density and viscosity. The modified Sanchez-Lacombe Equation of State (MSLEOS) was used with a single linearly temperature-dependent pseudo-binary interaction parameter to correlate the phase compositions and densities. The compositions and densities of the mixtures were captured well with absolute average deviations between the model and the data of 5.3% and 2.3%, respectively. The mixture viscosities were computed from a free volume model (FVM) by using a single constant binary interaction parameter. Density predictions from the MSLEOS were used as input mixture density values required for the FVM. The FVM was found to correlate well with the mixture viscosity data with an absolute average deviation between the model and the data of 5.7%.