Calculations of solid solubility in supercritical fluids using a simplified cluster solvation model
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Fluid Phase Equilibria 214 (2): 169-186
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Fluid Phase Equilibria
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214
Journal Issue
2
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169-186
Date Issued
2003
Date
2003
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Abstract
A simplified cluster solvation model was employed in this study to correlate the solid solubility in supercritical fluids. Based on the concept of cluster solvation, several supercritical molecules were associated with a solid solute in chemical equilibrium. Solid solubility was calculated by applying the equilibrium criteria for the cluster formation process. This simplified model has two temperature-independent binary parameters. It is observed that the overall deviation in solid solubility calculations of binary systems from this model is comparable to that from other semi-empirical models with more optimally fitted parameters. This simplified cluster solvation model was extended to ternary and multi-component calculations by directly using the parameters from binary correlation results. Without any additional parameter, the predicted accuracy is still acceptable. Application of this model to systems with co-solvent has also been examined. A general trend for the variation of the effective association number with co-solvent concentration is observed. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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