Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1979
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
First Advisor
Hung T. Chen
Second Advisor
Teddy Greenstein
Third Advisor
George Y. Lei
Abstract
Equations relating isobaric vapor-liquid equilibrium data to heats of vaporization are useful in testing the thermodynamic consistency of experimental VLE data and in the design of distillation equipment. Several researchers have proposed such equations based on the Gibbs-Duhem equation. At low pressures, simplified versions of these equations were successfully used to test the consistency of published VLE and enthalpy data. At high pressures, equilibrium phase enthalpy differences were calculated from rigorous equations using a modified form of the Redlich-Kwong equation to calculate fugacity coefficients. As expected, the relative error of using the simplified equations was found to increase with increasing pressure.
Recommended Citation
Harvey, Steven Merrill, "Calculations of isobaric phase enthalpy differences for binary systems from vapor-liquid equilibrium data" (1979). Theses. 2057.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2057
