Improved vapor–liquid equilibria predictions for Lennard-Jones chains from the statistical associating fluid dimer theory: Comparison with Monte Carlo simulations

The statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT), with monomer and dimer Lennard-Jones (LJ) reference fluids, is used to predict the phase equilibria of pure chains with different lengths. Predictions from the two versions of the theory are compared with Monte Carlo simulation results taken from the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Jiménez Blas, Felipe, Vega, Lourdes F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/17331
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17331
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:SAFT
Statistical Associating Fluid Theory
Soft-SAFT
Phase equilibria
Lennard-Jones
Lennard-Jones chains
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Sumario:The statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT), with monomer and dimer Lennard-Jones (LJ) reference fluids, is used to predict the phase equilibria of pure chains with different lengths. Predictions from the two versions of the theory are compared with Monte Carlo simulation results taken from the literature. We find that the additional structural information from the dimer version of the theory gives predictions in better agreement with simulation values. It is also found that the dimer version provides a much better description of the vapor pressure than the monomer one for long chains for which simulation data are available.