Thermophysical Properties and Phase Behavior of CO2 with Impurities: Insight from Molecular Simulations

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Main Authors: Raju, Darshan, Ramdin, Mahinder, Vlugt, Thijs J. H.
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Published: 2025
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author Raju, Darshan
Ramdin, Mahinder
Vlugt, Thijs J. H.
author_facet Raju, Darshan
Ramdin, Mahinder
Vlugt, Thijs J. H.
contents Experimentally determining thermophysical properties for various compositions commonly found in CO2 transportation systems is extremely challenging. To overcome this challenge, we performed Monte Carlo (MC) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of CO2 rich mixtures to compute thermophysical properties such as densities, thermal expansion coefficients, isothermal compressibilities, heat capacities, Joule-Thomson coefficients, speed of sound, and viscosities at temperatures (235-313) K and pressures (20-200) bar. We computed thermophysical properties of pure CO2 and CO2 rich mixtures with N2, Ar, H2, and CH4 as impurities (1-10) mol% and showed good agreement with available equations of state (EoS). We showed that impurities decrease the values of thermal expansion coefficients, isothermal compressibilities, heat capacities, and Joule-Thomson coefficients in the gas phase, while these values increase in the liquid and supercritical phases. In contrast, impurities increase the value of speed of sound in the gas phase and decrease it in the liquid and supercritical phases. We present an extensive data set of thermophysical properties for CO2 rich mixtures with various impurities, which will help to design the safe and efficient operation of CO2 transportation systems.
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spellingShingle Thermophysical Properties and Phase Behavior of CO2 with Impurities: Insight from Molecular Simulations
Raju, Darshan
Ramdin, Mahinder
Vlugt, Thijs J. H.
Chemical Physics
Experimentally determining thermophysical properties for various compositions commonly found in CO2 transportation systems is extremely challenging. To overcome this challenge, we performed Monte Carlo (MC) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of CO2 rich mixtures to compute thermophysical properties such as densities, thermal expansion coefficients, isothermal compressibilities, heat capacities, Joule-Thomson coefficients, speed of sound, and viscosities at temperatures (235-313) K and pressures (20-200) bar. We computed thermophysical properties of pure CO2 and CO2 rich mixtures with N2, Ar, H2, and CH4 as impurities (1-10) mol% and showed good agreement with available equations of state (EoS). We showed that impurities decrease the values of thermal expansion coefficients, isothermal compressibilities, heat capacities, and Joule-Thomson coefficients in the gas phase, while these values increase in the liquid and supercritical phases. In contrast, impurities increase the value of speed of sound in the gas phase and decrease it in the liquid and supercritical phases. We present an extensive data set of thermophysical properties for CO2 rich mixtures with various impurities, which will help to design the safe and efficient operation of CO2 transportation systems.
title Thermophysical Properties and Phase Behavior of CO2 with Impurities: Insight from Molecular Simulations
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22268