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Baca KR, Al-Barghouti K, Wang N, Bennett MG, Matamoros Valenciano L, May TL, Xu IV, Cordry M, Haggard DM, Haas AG, Heimann A, Harders AN, Uhl HG, Melfi DT, Yancey AD, Kore R, Maginn EJ, Scurto AM, Shiflett MB. Ionic Liquids for the Separation of Fluorocarbon Refrigerant Mixtures. Chem Rev 2024; 124:5167-5226. [PMID: 38683680 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
Abstract
This review discusses the research being performed on ionic liquids for the separation of fluorocarbon refrigerant mixtures. Fluorocarbon refrigerants, invented in 1928 by Thomas Midgley Jr., are a unique class of working fluids that are used in a variety of applications including refrigeration. Fluorocarbon refrigerants can be categorized into four generations: chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, and hydrofluoroolefins. Each generation of refrigerants solved a key problem from the previous generation; however, each new generation has relied on more complex mixtures that are often zeotropic, near azeotropic, or azeotropic. The complexity of the refrigerants used and the fact that many refrigerants form azeotropes when mixed makes handling the refrigerants at end of life extremely difficult. Today, less than 3% of refrigerants that enter the market are recycled. This is due to a lack of technology in the refrigerant reclaim market that would allow for these complex, azeotropic refrigerant mixtures to be separated into their components in order to be effectively reused, recycled, and if needed repurposed. As the market for recovering and reclaiming refrigerants continues to grow, there is a strong need for separation technology. Ionic liquids show promise for separating azeotropic refrigerant mixtures as an entrainer in extractive distillation process. Ionic liquids have been investigated with refrigerants for this application since the early 2000s. This review will provide a comprehensive summary of the physical property measurements, equations of state modeling, molecular simulations, separation techniques, and unique materials unitizing ionic liquids for the development of an ionic-liquid-based separation process for azeotropic refrigerant mixtures.
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- Kalin R Baca
- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, 1536 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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Alkhatib II, Albà CG, Darwish AS, Llovell F, Vega LF. Searching for Sustainable Refrigerants by Bridging Molecular Modeling with Machine Learning. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022; 61:7414-7429. [PMID: 35673400 PMCID: PMC9165071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c00719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We present here a novel integrated approach employing machine learning algorithms for predicting thermophysical properties of fluids. The approach allows obtaining molecular parameters to be used in the polar soft-statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT) equation of state using molecular descriptors obtained from the conductor-like screening model for real solvents (COSMO-RS). The procedure is used for modeling 18 refrigerants including hydrofluorocarbons, hydrofluoroolefins, and hydrochlorofluoroolefins. The training dataset included six inputs obtained from COSMO-RS and five outputs from polar soft-SAFT parameters, with the accurate algorithm training ensured by its high statistical accuracy. The predicted molecular parameters were used in polar soft-SAFT for evaluating the thermophysical properties of the refrigerants such as density, vapor pressure, heat capacity, enthalpy of vaporization, and speed of sound. Predictions provided a good level of accuracy (AADs = 1.3-10.5%) compared to experimental data, and within a similar level of accuracy using parameters obtained from standard fitting procedures. Moreover, the predicted parameters provided a comparable level of predictive accuracy to parameters obtained from standard procedure when extended to modeling selected binary mixtures. The proposed approach enables bridging the gap in the data of thermodynamic properties of low global warming potential refrigerants, which hinders their technical evaluation and hence their final application.
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- Ismail
I. I. Alkhatib
- Research
and Innovation Center on CO2 and Hydrogen (RICH), Khalifa University, PO Box 127788 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Chemical
Engineering Department, Khalifa University, PO Box 127788 Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, ETSEQ, Universitat
Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Khalifa University, PO Box 127788 Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, ETSEQ, Universitat
Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Research
and Innovation Center on CO2 and Hydrogen (RICH), Khalifa University, PO Box 127788 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Chemical
Engineering Department, Khalifa University, PO Box 127788 Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Albà CG, Alkhatib III, Llovell F, Vega LF. Assessment of Low Global Warming Potential Refrigerants for Drop-In Replacement by Connecting their Molecular Features to Their Performance. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING 2021; 9:17034-17048. [PMID: 34956740 PMCID: PMC8693772 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as an alternative for refrigeration units has grown over the past decades as a replacement to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), banned by the Montreal's Protocol because of their effect on the depletion of the ozone layer. However, HFCs are known to be greenhouse gases with considerable global warming potential (GWP), thousands of times higher than carbon dioxide. The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol has promoted an active area of research toward the development of low GWP refrigerants to replace the ones in current use, and it is expected to significantly contribute to the Paris Agreement by avoiding nearly half a degree Celsius of temperature increase by the end of this century. We present here a molecular-based evaluation tool aiming at finding optimal refrigerants with the requirements imposed by current environmental legislations in order to mitigate their impact on climate change. The proposed approach relies on the robust polar soft-SAFT equation of state to predict thermodynamic properties required for their technical evaluation at conditions relevant for cooling applications. Additionally, the thermodynamic model integrated with technical criteria enable the search for compatibility of currently used third generation compounds with more eco-friendly refrigerants as drop-in replacements. The criteria include volumetric cooling capacity, coefficient of performance, and other physicochemical properties with direct impact on the technical performance of the cooling cycle. As such, R1123, R1224yd(Z), R1234ze(E), and R1225ye(Z) demonstrate high aptitude toward replacing R134a, R32, R152a, and R245fa with minimal retrofitting to the existing system. The current modeling platform for the rapid screening of emerging refrigerants offers a guide for future efforts on the design of alternative working fluids.
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- Carlos G Albà
- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and Hydrogen (RICH Center), Chemical Engineering Department, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Department of Chemical Engineering, ETSEQ, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Av. Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and Hydrogen (RICH Center), Chemical Engineering Department, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, ETSEQ, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Av. Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and Hydrogen (RICH Center), Chemical Engineering Department, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Polishuk I, Chiko A, Cea-Klapp E, Garrido JM. Implementation of CP-PC-SAFT and CS-SAFT-VR-Mie for Predicting Thermodynamic Properties of C 1–C 3 Halocarbon Systems. I. Pure Compounds and Mixtures with Nonassociating Compounds. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ilya Polishuk
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ariel University, 40700 Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ariel University, 40700 Ariel, Israel
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Concepción, 4070386 Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Concepción, 4070386 Concepción, Chile
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Alkhatib III, Vega LF. Quantifying the effect of polar interactions on the behavior of binary mixtures: Phase, interfacial, and excess properties. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:164503. [PMID: 33940796 DOI: 10.1063/5.0046034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
In this work, polar soft-Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (SAFT) was used in a systematic manner to quantify the influence of polar interactions on the phase equilibria, interfacial, and excess properties of binary mixtures. The theory was first validated with available molecular simulation data and then used to isolate the effect of polar interactions on the thermodynamic behavior of the mixtures by fixing the polar moment of one component while changing the polar moment of the second component from non-polar to either highly dipolar or quadrupolar, examining 15 different binary mixtures. It was determined that the type and magnitude of polar interactions have direct implications on the vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE), resulting in azeotropy for systems of either dipolar or quadrupolar fluids when mixed with non-polar or low polar strength fluids, while increasing the polar strength of one component shifts the VLE to be more ideal. Additionally, excess properties and interfacial properties such as interfacial tension, density profiles, and relative adsorption at the interface were also examined, establishing distinct enrichment in the case of mixtures with highly quadrupolar fluids. Finally, polar soft-SAFT was applied to describe the thermodynamic behavior of binary mixtures of experimental systems exhibiting various intermolecular interactions (non-polar and polar), not only demonstrating high accuracy and robustness through agreement with experimental data but also providing insights into the effect of polarity on the interfacial properties of the studied mixtures. This work proves the value of having an accurate theory for isolating the effect of polarity, especially for the design of ad hoc polar solvents.
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- Ismail I I Alkhatib
- Chemical Engineering Department, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Alkhatib III, Vega LF. Quantifying the effect of polarity on the behavior of mixtures of
n
‐alkanes
with dipolar solvents using polar
soft‐
statistical associating fluid theory (Polar soft‐SAFT). AIChE J 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.16649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Ismail I. I. Alkhatib
- Chemical Engineering Department, Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH), and Center for Catalysis and Separation (CeCaS) Khalifa University of Science and Technology Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH), and Center for Catalysis and Separation (CeCaS) Khalifa University of Science and Technology Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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Cea-Klapp E, Quinteros-Lama H, Polishuk I, Garrido JM. Effect of size disparity on the gas-liquid interfacial properties of Lennard-Jones monomer plus dimer mixtures. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Stephan S, Hasse H. Enrichment at vapour–liquid interfaces of mixtures: establishing a link between nanoscopic and macroscopic properties. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2020.1777705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Simon Stephan
- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Albà CG, Vega LF, Llovell F. Assessment on Separating Hydrofluoroolefins from Hydrofluorocarbons at the Azeotropic Mixture R513A by Using Fluorinated Ionic Liquids: A Soft-SAFT Study. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Carlos G. Albà
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, IQS School of Engineering, Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta 390, 08017, Barcelona, Spain
- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH) and Chemical Engineering Department, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH) and Chemical Engineering Department, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Center for Catalysis and Separation (CeCaS), Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, IQS School of Engineering, Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta 390, 08017, Barcelona, Spain
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Vinhal APCM, Jamali A, Behnejad H, Yan W, Kontogeorgis GM. Comparison of Two Types of Crossover Soave–Redlich–Kwong Equations of State for Derivative Properties of n-Alkanes. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b05981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Andre P. C. M. Vinhal
- Center for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 14155, Iran
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 14155, Iran
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- Center for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE), Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Alkhatib III, Pereira LMC, Torne J, Vega LF. Polar soft-SAFT: theory and comparison with molecular simulations and experimental data of pure polar fluids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:13171-13191. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00846j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
The consideration of polar interactions is of vital importance for the development of predictive and accurate thermodynamic models for polar fluids, as they govern most of their thermodynamic properties, making them highly non-ideal fluids.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ismail I. I. Alkhatib
- Chemical Engineering Department
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology
- Abu Dhabi
- United Arab Emirates
- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH)
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- Chemical Engineering Department
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology
- Abu Dhabi
- United Arab Emirates
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- Alya Technology & Innovation SL
- 08202 Sabadell
- Spain
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- Chemical Engineering Department
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology
- Abu Dhabi
- United Arab Emirates
- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH)
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Crespo EA, Silva LP, Lloret JO, Carvalho PJ, Vega LF, Llovell F, Coutinho JAP. A methodology to parameterize SAFT-type equations of state for solid precursors of deep eutectic solvents: the example of cholinium chloride. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:15046-15061. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp02548k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Novel methodology for the development of coarse-grained models applicable to DES – a more realistic association scheme and model parameters regression from experimental data.
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- Emanuel A. Crespo
- CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Aveiro
- 3810-1933 – Aveiro
- Portugal
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- CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Aveiro
- 3810-1933 – Aveiro
- Portugal
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- IQS School of Engineering
- Universitat Ramon Llull
- 08017 Barcelona
- Spain
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- CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Aveiro
- 3810-1933 – Aveiro
- Portugal
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- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH)
- Center for Catalysis and Separation (CeCaS)
- Gas Research Center and Chemical Engineering Department
- Khalifa University
- Abu Dhabi
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- IQS School of Engineering
- Universitat Ramon Llull
- 08017 Barcelona
- Spain
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- CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Aveiro
- 3810-1933 – Aveiro
- Portugal
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Li Y, Fouad WA, Vega LF. Interfacial anomaly in low global warming potential refrigerant blends as predicted by molecular dynamics simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:22092-22102. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03231b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Anomalous behavior of the interfacial properties of low GWP refrigerants predicted by MD simulations.
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- Yuting Li
- Chemical Engineering Department
- Khalifa University
- Abu Dhabi
- United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Dhahran 31261
- Saudi Arabia
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- Chemical Engineering Department
- Khalifa University
- Abu Dhabi
- United Arab Emirates
- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH) and Center for Catalysis and Separation (CeCaS)
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Vega LF. Perspectives on molecular modeling of supercritical fluids: From equations of state to molecular simulations. Recent advances, remaining challenges and opportunities. J Supercrit Fluids 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2017.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cané E, Llovell F, Vega LF. Accurate viscosity predictions of linear polymers from n-alkanes data. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fouad WA, Vega LF. Next generation of low global warming potential refrigerants: Thermodynamic properties molecular modeling. AIChE J 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.15859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Wael A. Fouad
- Gas Research Center and Dept. of Chemical Engineering; Petroleum Institute, Khalifa University of Science and Technology; Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Gas Research Center and Dept. of Chemical Engineering; Petroleum Institute, Khalifa University of Science and Technology; Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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Navarro P, Crespo EA, Costa JML, Llovell F, García J, Rodríguez F, Carvalho PJ, Vega LF, Coutinho JAP. New Experimental Data and Modeling of Glymes: Toward the Development of a Predictive Model for Polyethers. Ind Eng Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Pablo Navarro
- CICECO—Aveiro
Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- CICECO—Aveiro
Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO—Aveiro
Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, IQS School of Engineering, Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta, 390, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- CICECO—Aveiro
Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Gas
Research Center and Chemical Engineering Department, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, The Petroleum Institute, P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- CICECO—Aveiro
Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Fouad WA, Vega LF. The phase and interfacial properties of azeotropic refrigerants: the prediction of aneotropes from molecular theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:8977-8988. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08031f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Predicting the azeotropic (bulk) and aneotropic (interface) behavior of refrigerant mixtures using polar PC-SAFT coupled with DGT.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wael A. Fouad
- Gas Research Center and Department of Chemical Engineering
- The Petroleum Institute
- Abu Dhabi 2533
- United Arab Emirates
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- Gas Research Center and Department of Chemical Engineering
- The Petroleum Institute
- Abu Dhabi 2533
- United Arab Emirates
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Oliveira MB, Llovell F, Coutinho JAP, Vega LF. New Procedure for Enhancing the Transferability of Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (SAFT) Molecular Parameters: The Role of Derivative Properties. Ind Eng Chem Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b02205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. B. Oliveira
- CICECO,
Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- IQS
School of Engineering, Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta, 390, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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- CICECO,
Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Gas
Research Center and Chemical Engineering Department, The Petroleum Institute, P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arabs Emirates
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Zubeir LF, Held C, Sadowski G, Kroon MC. PC-SAFT Modeling of CO2 Solubilities in Deep Eutectic Solvents. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:2300-10. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b07888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lawien F. Zubeir
- Separation
Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, 5612AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Emil-Figge-Str. 70, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department
of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Emil-Figge-Str. 70, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Separation
Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, 5612AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Raeva VM, Frolkova AK, Arutyunov BA, Serafimov LA. Concentration dependences of the isobaric heat capacity of binary solutions and its contribution to thermal calculations. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s0040579515050255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Llovell F, Vega LF, Anisimov MA, Sengers JV. Incorporating critical divergence of isochoric heat capacity into the soft-SAFT equation of state. AIChE J 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.14911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Fèlix Llovell
- MATGAS 2000 AIE, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra; 08193 Barcelona Spain
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- MATGAS 2000 AIE, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra; 08193 Barcelona Spain
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- Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland; College Park MD 20742
- Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; University of Maryland; College Park MD 20742
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- Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland; College Park MD 20742
- Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; University of Maryland; College Park MD 20742
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Dufal S, Lafitte T, Haslam AJ, Galindo A, Clark GN, Vega C, Jackson G. The A in SAFT: developing the contribution of association to the Helmholtz free energy within a Wertheim TPT1 treatment of generic Mie fluids. Mol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1029027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Llovell F, Vega L. Accurate modeling of supercritical CO2 for sustainable processes: Water+CO2 and CO2+fatty acid esters mixtures. J Supercrit Fluids 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2014.09.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Oliveira MB, Freitas SV, Llovell F, Vega LF, Coutinho JA. Development of simple and transferable molecular models for biodiesel production with the soft-SAFT equation of state. Chem Eng Res Des 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2014.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Papaioannou V, Lafitte T, Avendaño C, Adjiman CS, Jackson G, Müller EA, Galindo A. Group contribution methodology based on the statistical associating fluid theory for heteronuclear molecules formed from Mie segments. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:054107. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4851455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Llovell F, Marcos RM, Vega LF. Free-Volume Theory Coupled with Soft-SAFT for Viscosity Calculations: Comparison with Molecular Simulation and Experimental Data. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:8159-71. [DOI: 10.1021/jp401307t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- F. Llovell
- MATGAS Research Center, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d’Enginyeria
Mecànica, ETSE, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- MATGAS Research Center, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Carburos Metálicos/Air Products Group, C/Aragón, 300, 08009 Barcelona,
Spain
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Llovell F, Marcos RM, Vega LF. Transport Properties of Mixtures by the Soft-SAFT + Free-Volume Theory: Application to Mixtures of n-Alkanes and Hydrofluorocarbons. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:5195-205. [DOI: 10.1021/jp401754r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- F. Llovell
- MATGAS Research Center (Carburos Metálicos/Air Products, CSIC, UAB), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d’Enginyeria
Mecànica, ETSE, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- MATGAS Research Center (Carburos Metálicos/Air Products, CSIC, UAB), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Carburos Metálicos/Air Products Group, C/Aragón, 300, 08069 Barcelona,
Spain
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Oliveira MB, Domínguez-Pérez M, Freire MG, Llovell F, Cabeza O, Lopes-da-Silva JA, Vega LF, Coutinho JAP. Surface Tension of Binary Mixtures of 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide Ionic Liquids: Experimental Measurements and Soft-SAFT Modeling. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:12133-41. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3059905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. B. Oliveira
- Chemistry Department, CICECO& QOPNA, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Mesturas Group, Departamento
de Física, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, 15008 A Coruña, Spain
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- Chemistry Department, CICECO& QOPNA, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- MATGAS Research Center (Carburos Metálicos/Air Products, CSIC, UAB),
Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Mesturas Group, Departamento
de Física, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, 15008 A Coruña, Spain
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- Chemistry Department, CICECO& QOPNA, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- MATGAS Research Center (Carburos Metálicos/Air Products, CSIC, UAB),
Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Carburos Metálicos/Air Products Group, C/Aragón, 300, 08069 Barcelona,
Spain
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- Chemistry Department, CICECO& QOPNA, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Llovell F, Vilaseca O, Vega LF. Thermodynamic Modeling of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids with the [PF6]−Anion for Separation Purposes. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.635625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Hu J, Chen J, Mi J. Prediction of Interfacial Structure and Tension of Binary Mixtures Containing Carbon Dioxide. Ind Eng Chem Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/ie201783v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jinyu Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Polishuk I. Implementation of SAFT + Cubic, PC-SAFT, and Soave–Benedict–Webb–Rubin Equations of State for Comprehensive Description of Thermodynamic Properties in Binary and Ternary Mixtures of CH4, CO2, and n-C16H34. Ind Eng Chem Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ie201952n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ilya Polishuk
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Ariel University Center of Samaria, 40700, Ariel, Israel
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Llovell F, Valente E, Vilaseca O, Vega LF. Modeling Complex Associating Mixtures with [Cn-mim][Tf2N] Ionic Liquids: Predictions from the Soft-SAFT Equation. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:4387-98. [DOI: 10.1021/jp112315b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- F. Llovell
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- MATGAS Research Center (Carburos Metálicos/Air Products, CSIC, UAB), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- MATGAS Research Center (Carburos Metálicos/Air Products, CSIC, UAB), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- MATGAS Research Center (Carburos Metálicos/Air Products, CSIC, UAB), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- MATGAS Research Center (Carburos Metálicos/Air Products, CSIC, UAB), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Carburos Metálicos/Air Products Group, C/Aragón, 300, 08069 Barcelona, Spain
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