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Main Authors: Medina, Edgar Ivan Sanchez, Sundmacher, Kai
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18998
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author Medina, Edgar Ivan Sanchez
Sundmacher, Kai
author_facet Medina, Edgar Ivan Sanchez
Sundmacher, Kai
contents Predictive thermodynamic models are crucial for the early stages of product and process design. In this paper the performance of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) embedded into a relatively simple excess Gibbs energy model, the extended Margules model, for predicting vapor-liquid equilibrium is analyzed. By comparing its performance against the established UNIFAC-Dortmund model it has been shown that GNNs embedded in Margules achieves an overall lower accuracy. However, higher accuracy is observed in the case of various types of binary mixtures. Moreover, since group contribution methods, like UNIFAC, are limited due to feasibility of molecular fragmentation or availability of parameters, the GNN in Margules model offers an alternative for VLE estimation. The findings establish a baseline for the predictive accuracy that simple excess Gibbs energy models combined with GNNs trained solely on infinite dilution data can achieve.
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spellingShingle Graph Neural Networks embedded into Margules model for vapor-liquid equilibria prediction
Medina, Edgar Ivan Sanchez
Sundmacher, Kai
Chemical Physics
Machine Learning
Predictive thermodynamic models are crucial for the early stages of product and process design. In this paper the performance of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) embedded into a relatively simple excess Gibbs energy model, the extended Margules model, for predicting vapor-liquid equilibrium is analyzed. By comparing its performance against the established UNIFAC-Dortmund model it has been shown that GNNs embedded in Margules achieves an overall lower accuracy. However, higher accuracy is observed in the case of various types of binary mixtures. Moreover, since group contribution methods, like UNIFAC, are limited due to feasibility of molecular fragmentation or availability of parameters, the GNN in Margules model offers an alternative for VLE estimation. The findings establish a baseline for the predictive accuracy that simple excess Gibbs energy models combined with GNNs trained solely on infinite dilution data can achieve.
title Graph Neural Networks embedded into Margules model for vapor-liquid equilibria prediction
topic Chemical Physics
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18998