Transferable potentials for mixed alcohol-amine interactions

  • J. Richard Elliott*
  • , Amir Vahid
  • , Amanda D. Sans
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Transferable potentials for the hydrogen bonding interactions of alcohols with amines are characterized. These systems exhibit anomalously strong solvation interactions that make the formalism of discontinuous potentials (the SPEADMD model) especially advantageous relative to point charge potential models. Exothermic heats of mixing are observed along with activity coefficients less than unity. A database of 11 amines and 6 alcohols is analyzed with 27 binary mixtures to train and validate the solvation interactions. Comparisons are made to the Peng-Robinson and Peng-Robinson-Wong-Sandler models. The SPEADMD model provides accuracy of roughly 3% overall when corrected for vapor pressure deviations. Transferable site-site parameters for disperse interactions are not treated in the present work, but the outline of such a completely predictive model is described.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4-13
Number of pages10
JournalFluid Phase Equilibria
Volume256
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Alcohols
  • Amines
  • Double azeotrope
  • Hydrogen bonding
  • Molecular simulation
  • Solvation
  • Transferable potentials
  • Vapor pressure
  • Vapor-liquid equilibria

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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