Vapor-liquid equilibria of light hydrocarbons at low temperatures and high pressures: The methane-n-heptane system

Autor: Harry L. Chang, Lewis J. Hurt, Riki Kobayashi
Rok vydání: 1966
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Zdroj: AIChE Journal. 12:1212-1216
ISSN: 1547-5905
0001-1541
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690120629
Popis: Recent experimental observations of the phase behavior of methane–n-paraffin hydrocarbon binary systems are used to make a phase rule analysis of such systems. The vapor-liquid equilibria of light hydrocarbon systems are complicated by liquid-liquid immiscibility and solids formation at low temperatures. The system studied here has limited liquid phase miscibility with a quadruple point involving a gas phase, two liquid phases, and a solid phase. Experimental techniques were developed to sample and analyze gas phases containing concentrations of n-heptane in the range of 0.00001 mole fraction with good precision. Binary K values for methane and n-heptane are reported at intervals of 20°F. from 0° to −100°F. for pressures up to the criticals for the mixtures. The results are reported numerically and illustrated graphically. Additional phase observations were made below the critical temperature of methane to confirm and extend the phase behavior of the methane–n-heptane system as reported by Kohn.
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