Experimental determination and activity coefficient based models for mixture solubilities of nitrophenol isomers in supercritical carbon dioxide

Reddy, Sivamohan N and Madras, Giridhar (2013) Experimental determination and activity coefficient based models for mixture solubilities of nitrophenol isomers in supercritical carbon dioxide. In: JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, 79 (SI). pp. 2-10.

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Abstract

The experimental solubilities of the mixture of nitrophenol (m- and p-) isomers were determined at 308, 318 and 328 K over a pressure range of 10-17.55 MPa. Compared to the binary solubilities, the ternary solubilities of m-nitrophenol increased at 308, 318 and 328 K. The ternary solubilities of p-nitrophenol increased at 308 K, while the ternary solubilities decreased at lower pressures and increased at higher pressure at 318 and 328 K. The solubilities of the solid mixtures in supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) were correlated with solution models by incorporating the non-idealities using activity coefficient based models. The Wilson and NRTL activity coefficient models were applied to determine the nature of the interactions between the molecules. The equation developed by using the NRTL model has three parameters and correlates mixture solubilities of solid solutes in terms of temperature and cosolute composition. The equation derived from the Wilson model contains five parameters and correlates solubilities in terms of temperature, density and cosolute composition. These two new equations developed in this work were used to correlate the solubilities of 25 binary solid mixtures including the current data. The average AARDs of the model equations derived using the NRTL and Wilson models for the solid mixtures were found to be 7% and 4%, respectively. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article is belongs to ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Keywords:	Non-ideal mixtures; Activity coefficient; Cosolute; Wilson model; NRTL model
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Chemical Engineering
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2013 08:39
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2013 08:39
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/47307

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