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5.2 Experimental<br />

Eurotherm 2216e temperature controller) in order to avoid freezing due to the Joule‐Thomson<br />

effect. The effluent gas flow was cooled in a coil immersed in an NaCl/ice bath after which sampling<br />

was possible. The gas/liquid separator consisted of a stainless steel reactor (NWA Loerrach, 300 bar<br />

pressure rating). A downstream needle valve allowed fine tuning of the overall system gas flow which<br />

was measured with a flowmeter calibrated on a daily basis.<br />

5.2.2 Experimental procedures<br />

5.2.2.1 Experimental determination of the phase behavior<br />

Leak checks of the view cell were performed weekly. Prior to experiments the cell was thoroughly<br />

cleaned with acetone and CO2 and dried in a N2 stream. For experiments the cell was charged with<br />

the desired amounts of benzyl alcohol (Aldrich, 99 %+, freshly distilled, stored under argon<br />

atmosphere), benzaldehyde (Fluka, 99.5 %+, redistilled, stored under argon atmosphere) and/or<br />

water (Fluka, >2 µS/cm) at 288 K. The sealed cell was carefully flushed several times with either O2 or<br />

N2 (both PanGas, 5.0) or CO2 (PanGas, 3.0) to remove air and filled with the appropriate amount of O2<br />

or N2 (calculated using data from NIST [26]). CO2 was added by means of a CO2 compressor (NWA<br />

Loerrach, Germany) and quantified with a mass flow transmitter (Rheonik Messgeräte GmbH,<br />

Germany) at a constant pressure of 100 bar provided by an interconnected reducing valve. The cell<br />

was heated to the desired temperature and a pressure significantly higher than the dew point<br />

applied by adjusting the cell volume. Under these conditions the cell was equilibrated for an<br />

appropriate amount of time (min. 2 h ‐ overnight). After a first rough investigation of the respective<br />

system, dew points were determined by changing the pressure in intervals of 0.5 ‐ 2 bar,<br />

equilibration (15 min ‐ 2 h) and visual inspection. Accordingly, a pressure interval between a high and<br />

a low pressure limit in between which phase separation occurred was noted. Usually, dew points<br />

were determined by following the dissolution of droplets. Prior to formation of drops by decreasing<br />

the pressure the feed lines were heated by means of a heat gun. The dew point pressures were<br />

usually measured three times for each composition and temperature from which a standard<br />

deviation was obtained. The uncertainty of the high and low pressure limit around the dew point was<br />

then determined by twice the standard deviation plus the uncertainty due to the pressure sensor (±<br />

0.5 bar). The dew point was calculated as the center of the thus obtained pressure interval in which<br />

phase separation occurred and the maximum error was considered in order to describe the interval<br />

boundaries. Further experimental uncertainties are estimated to be ± 0.02 mol‐% for the molar<br />

fraction of each component and ± 0.5 K for the temperature. Batch experiments were conducted in<br />

the same cell by adding 0.5 % Pd/Al2O3.<br />

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