Critical behaviour of binary mixtures: Calculation by the Heidemann-Khalil method

Abstract

The critical temperature and critical pressure are two important parameters to characterize a particular fluid. In this paper, we have studied the critical points of 24 binary mixtures containing hydrocarbon derivatives, carbon dioxide and alcohols. Computations were performed using the Heidemann-Khalil method, combined with the following equations of state (Eos): van der Waals (vdW), Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK) and Peng-Robinson (PR). The Newton-Raphson method was used to solve a set of nonlinear equations in three independent variables (molar fraction x, temperature T and volume V). Comparisons between predicted and available reference data are given to evaluate the accuracy of the thermodynamic model employed. The average absolute relative error (AARE) of the simulated data was less than 0.2% for critical temperature and 3% for critical pressure. A good agreement has been found between model prediction and reference data.