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Main Authors: Göttl, Quirin, Rosen, Natalie, Burger, Jakob
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09402
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author Göttl, Quirin
Rosen, Natalie
Burger, Jakob
author_facet Göttl, Quirin
Rosen, Natalie
Burger, Jakob
contents $T, p$ flash calculations determine the correct number of phases at phase equilibrium and their compositions for fixed temperature and pressure. They are essential for chemical process simulation and optimization. The convex envelope method (CEM) is an existing approach that employs the tangent plane criterion to determine liquid phase equilibria for mixtures with an arbitrary number of components without providing the number of phases beforehand. This work extends the CEM to include also vapor and solid phases. Thus, any phase equilibrium of a given mixture with an arbitrary number of components and phases can be calculated over the whole composition space. The CEM results are presented for various vapor-liquid and solid-liquid phase equilibria examples of up to four components. We show how the CEM can be used for parameter fitting of $g^E$-models. As an outlook, we demonstrate how the CEM can be combined with a machine learning-based tool for property prediction to construct phase equilibria.
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spellingShingle Convex envelope method for T, p flash calculations for mixtures with an arbitrary number of components and arbitrary aggregate states
Göttl, Quirin
Rosen, Natalie
Burger, Jakob
Chemical Physics
$T, p$ flash calculations determine the correct number of phases at phase equilibrium and their compositions for fixed temperature and pressure. They are essential for chemical process simulation and optimization. The convex envelope method (CEM) is an existing approach that employs the tangent plane criterion to determine liquid phase equilibria for mixtures with an arbitrary number of components without providing the number of phases beforehand. This work extends the CEM to include also vapor and solid phases. Thus, any phase equilibrium of a given mixture with an arbitrary number of components and phases can be calculated over the whole composition space. The CEM results are presented for various vapor-liquid and solid-liquid phase equilibria examples of up to four components. We show how the CEM can be used for parameter fitting of $g^E$-models. As an outlook, we demonstrate how the CEM can be combined with a machine learning-based tool for property prediction to construct phase equilibria.
title Convex envelope method for T, p flash calculations for mixtures with an arbitrary number of components and arbitrary aggregate states
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09402