Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.37, No.8, 3305-3311, 1998
Modeling the effects of cosolvent-modified supercritical fluids on polymers with a lattice fluid equation of state
A single Sanchez-Lacombe lattice fluid equation of state is used to model both phases for a polymer-supercritical fluid-cosolvent system. This method represents well over a wide pressure range both volumetric and phase equilibrium properties for a cross-linked poly(dimethyl siloxane) phase in contact with CO2 modified by a number of cosolvents. A single adjustable binary interaction parameter, obtained from swelling data of the polymer, is used to correlate both polymer dilation and solvent sorption.
Keywords:VAPOR-LIQUID-EQUILIBRIUM;CARBON-DIOXIDE METHANOL;PHASE-EQUILIBRIA;ELEVATED PRESSURES;BINARY-SYSTEMS;SILICONE-RUBBER;GAS SORPTION;PLUS CO2;CHROMATOGRAPHY;SOLUBILITY