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Modeling<br />

calculations from the original soft-SAFT equation <strong>and</strong> those provided from the polar soft-<br />

SAFT equation, being polar soft-SAFT superior than the simulations in this case. Note that<br />

in these simulations explicit charges were considered for the CO2 molecule.<br />

P / MPa<br />

14<br />

12<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1<br />

x, y CO2<br />

Figure III.18. Vapor-liquid equilibrium of CO2/perfluorodecalin system at 293.15K, 323.15K <strong>and</strong><br />

353.15K. Legend as in Figure III.16<br />

Excellent agreement is observed when both versions of the equation are used with<br />

binary parameters (Figure III.19b), as expected from the rest of the results shown here.<br />

A similar study was carried for CO2/alkane mixtures. The alkanes studied are the<br />

corresponding alkanes for the perfluoroalkanes studied in this work. Table III. 9 reports the<br />

references from where the VLE data for these mixtures was taken as well as the<br />

temperature range studied in each case <strong>and</strong> the intermediate temperature used in this work<br />

to adjust the binary interaction parameters. The main objective of this comparison is to<br />

observe the influence of fluorination on the solubility of carbon dioxide <strong>and</strong> to compare the<br />

influence of the electrostatic contributions for these mixtures, using as tool the soft-SAFT<br />

EoS. Experimentally, for all the systems studied in this work, the solubility of carbon<br />

dioxide is always higher in the fluorinated molecules. This effect is maximum for the<br />

CO2/perfluorodecalin vs CO2/decalin systems. At the thermodynamic conditions presented<br />

the CO2/decalin system presents a LL region for carbon dioxide mole fractions higher than<br />

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