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Aspen Physical Property System - Physical Property Models

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Parameter<br />

Name/Element<br />

Symbol Default Lower<br />

Limit<br />

2 Thermodynamic <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Models</strong> 91<br />

Upper<br />

Limit<br />

ICHNUL — 3 1 6 —<br />

CHNULL/1 a ij 0 — — —<br />

CHNULL/2 b ij 0 — — —<br />

CHNULL/3 V ij 0 — — —<br />

Units<br />

The parameter ICHNUL is used to identify the activity model parameters<br />

available for each binary pair of interest. The following values are allowed for<br />

ICHNUL:<br />

ICHNUL = 1 or 2, sets the model to the Scatchard-Hamer or regular solution<br />

model for the associated binary;<br />

ICHNUL = 3, sets the model to the Three-Suffix Margules activity model for<br />

the associated binary;<br />

ICHNUL = 4, sets the model to the Van Laar formalism for the activity model<br />

for the associated binary;<br />

ICHNUL = 5, sets the model to the NRTL (Renon) formalism for the activity<br />

model for the associated binary.<br />

ICHNUL = 6, sets the model to the full Chien-Null formalism for the activity<br />

model for the associated binary.<br />

When you specify a value for the ICHNUL parameter that is different than the<br />

default, you must enter the appropriate binary model parameters for the<br />

chosen activity model directly. The routine will automatically convert the<br />

expressions and parameters to conform to the Chien-Null formulation.<br />

Constant Activity Coefficient<br />

This approach is used exclusively in metallurgical applications where multiple<br />

liquid and solid phases can coexist. You can assign any value to the activity<br />

coefficient of component i. Use the Properties Parameters Unary Scalar form.<br />

The equation is:<br />

�i = ai<br />

Parameter<br />

Name/Element<br />

Symbol Default MDS Upper<br />

Limit<br />

Lower<br />

Limit<br />

GMCONS a i 1.0 x — — —<br />

COSMO-SAC<br />

Units<br />

Cosmo-SAC is a solvation model that describes the electric fields on the<br />

molecular surface of species that are polarizable. It requires a fairly<br />

complicated quantum mechanical calculation, but this calculation must be<br />

done only once for a particular molecule; then the results can be stored. In its<br />

final form, it uses individual atoms as the building blocks for predicting phase<br />

equilibria instead of functional groups. This model formulation provides a<br />

considerably larger range of applicability than group-contribution methods.<br />

The calculation for liquid nonideality is only slightly more computationally<br />

intensive than activity-coefficient models such as NRTL or UNIQUAC. Cosmo-

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