DENSITY CALCULATIONS OF AQUEOUS AMINE SOLUTIONS USING AN EXCESS GIBBS BASED MODEL

• Autor(a) principal: Pinto,Diego D. D.
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Knuutila,Hanna K.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322019000301075
• topic: Density; CO2 capture; Amine; Multicomponent; Modified Rackett

Abstract Accurate representation of the physical properties of a solvent is essential for design and simulation of processes. Density and viscosity, for instance, have an important role in modelling and designing absorption and desorption towers. In the present work, a model to accurately calculate the density of aqueous amine solutions used in CO2 capture was developed as a function of temperature and composition. The model is based on excess Gibbs energy functions, and in this work the functional form of the non-random two-liquid (NRTL) model was used. The model is able to accurately represent the density of the tested systems with deviations below 0.2% for most cases. The pure component density was calculated using the modified Rackett equation with the parameter ZRA as a function of the temperature and pressure of the system. The calculated deviation (AARD) for pure component density was below 0.09%.