FLASH CALCULATIONS FOR CONTINUOUS OR SEMICONTINUOUS MIXTURES USING AN EQUATION OF STATE
FLASH CALCULATIONS FOR CONTINUOUS OR SEMICONTINUOUS MIXTURES USING AN EQUATION OF STATE
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DOI:
10.1021/i200029a038
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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通讯作者:
PRAUSNITZ, JM
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作者:
COTTERMAN, RL;PRAUSNITZ, JM
This work describes two procedures for performing flash calculations using continuous thermodynamics. The first procedure, called the mejthod of moments, provides only an approximation because it does not strictly satisfy all material balances; however, In some cases this approximation can be very good. A second procedure, called the quadrature method, uses efficient Gaussian integration; it does not use an algebraic form for the distribution function but provides exact solutions to the flash problem at selected values of the distribution variable. Both procedures are Illustrated with realistic examples, including fluid mixtures where a selected component (eg, C02) is considered as a discrete component while all others are considered as continuous components; this Is the semicontinuous case. Calculations are also given for fluid mixtures containing several homologous series (or ensembles) as found, for example, in pefroleum mixtures where the ensembles may be paraffinic, naphthenic, and aromatic hydrocarbons. Calculated results using the quadrature method are compared to experimental data for phase equilibria in a natural-gas mixture. Agreement Is very good for compositions of coexisting phases and for liquid yield during retrograde condensation.