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Aspen Physical Property System - Physical Property Models

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Recommended cij Values for Different Types of Mixtures<br />

cij Mixtures<br />

0.30 Nonpolar substances; nonpolar with polar non-associated liquids; small<br />

deviations from ideality<br />

0.20 Saturated hydrocarbons with polar non-associated liquids and systems that<br />

exhibit liquid-liquid immiscibility<br />

0.47 Strongly self-associated substances with nonpolar substances<br />

The binary parameters aij, bij, cij, dij, eij, and fij can be determined from VLE<br />

and/or LLE data regression. The <strong>Aspen</strong> <strong>Physical</strong> <strong>Property</strong> <strong>System</strong> has a large<br />

number of built-in binary parameters for the NRTL model. The binary<br />

parameters have been regressed using VLE and LLE data from the Dortmund<br />

Databank. The binary parameters for the VLE applications were regressed<br />

using the ideal gas, Redlich-Kwong, and Hayden O'Connell equations of state.<br />

See <strong>Physical</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Data, Chapter 1, for details.<br />

Parameter<br />

Name/Element<br />

2 Thermodynamic <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Models</strong> 115<br />

Symbol Default MDS Lower<br />

Limit<br />

Upper<br />

Limit<br />

NRTL/1 a ij 0 x -100.0 100.0 —<br />

Units<br />

NRTL/2 b ij 0 x -30000 30000.0 TEMPERATURE<br />

NRTL/3 c ij 0.30 x 0.0 1.0 —<br />

NRTL/4 d ij 0 x -0.02 0.02 TEMPERATURE<br />

NRTL/5 e ij 0 x — — TEMPERATURE<br />

NRTL/6 f ij 0 x — — TEMPERATURE<br />

NRTL/7 T lower 0 x — — TEMPERATURE<br />

NRTL/8 T upper 1000 x — — TEMPERATURE<br />

Note: If any of bij, dij, or eij is non-zero, absolute temperature units are<br />

assumed for bij, dij, eij, and fij. Otherwise, user input units for temperature are<br />

used. The temperature limits are always interpreted in user input units.<br />

The NRTL-2 property method uses data set 2 for NRTL. All other NRTL<br />

methods use data set 1.<br />

References<br />

H. Renon and J.M. Prausnitz, "Local Compositions in Thermodynamic Excess<br />

Functions for Liquid Mixtures," AIChE J., Vol. 14, No. 1, (1968), pp. 135 –<br />

144.<br />

NRTL-SAC Model<br />

NRTL-SAC (patent pending) is a segment contribution activity coefficient<br />

model, derived from the Polymer NRTL model and extended to handle<br />

electrolytes, but usable in <strong>Aspen</strong> Plus or <strong>Aspen</strong> Properties without <strong>Aspen</strong><br />

Polymers. NRTL-SAC can be used for fast, qualitative estimation of the<br />

solubility of complex organic compounds in common solvents. It can also be<br />

used as a general activity coefficient model in <strong>Aspen</strong> Plus, <strong>Aspen</strong> Properties,<br />

and HYSYS.<br />

Conceptually, the model treats the liquid non-ideality of mixtures containing<br />

complex organic molecules (solute) and small molecules (solvent) in terms of<br />

interactions between three pairwise interacting conceptual segments:

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