High-Pressure Fluid Phase Equilibria
Phenomenology and Computation

A comprehensive look at the phenomenology and computational aspects of pure fluids, binary and ternary mixtures, as well as dealing with experimental techniques

Ulrich K Deiters (Author), Thomas Kraska (Author)

9780444563477

Hardback, published 26 April 2012

370 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.72 kg

The book begins with an overview of the phase diagrams of fluid mixtures (fluid = liquid, gas, or supercritical state), which can show an astonishing variety when elevated pressures are taken into account; phenomena like retrograde condensation (single and double) and azeotropy (normal and double) are discussed. It then gives an introduction into the relevant thermodynamic equations for fluid mixtures, including some that are rarely found in modern textbooks, and shows how they can they be used to compute phase diagrams and related properties. This chapter gives a consistent and axiomatic approach to fluid thermodynamics; it avoids using activity coefficients. Further chapters are dedicated to solid-fluid phase equilibria and global phase diagrams (systematic search for phase diagram classes). The appendix contains numerical algorithms needed for the computations. The book thus enables the reader to create or improve computer programs for the calculation of fluid phase diagrams.

1 Introduction 2 Phenomenology of phase diagrams3 Experimental observation of phase equilibria4 Thermodynamic variables and functions5 Stability and equilibrium 6 Solid–fluid equilibrium 7 Equations of state for pure fluids 8 Equations of state for mixtures9 Global phase diagramsAppendix: A Algebraic and numeric methods
B Proofs
C Equations of state

Subject Areas: Thermochemistry & chemical thermodynamics [PNRW], Fluid mechanics [PHDF]