TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating cubic equations of state for predictions of solid-fluid equilibrium in liquefied natural gas production
AU - Yang, Xiaoxian
AU - Rowland, Darren
AU - Sampson, Catherine C.
AU - Falloon, Peter E.
AU - May, Eric F.
PY - 2022/4/15
Y1 - 2022/4/15
N2 - Solid formation and deposition in liquefied natural gas (LNG) production is a process hazard avoidable by careful determination of impurity solubility in the process stream. Accurate freeze-out predictions for LNG require robust thermodynamic models tuned to high-quality experimental data. Cubic equations of state (EoS) can be used to calculate solid–fluid equilibria (SFE) for LNG-relevant binary mixtures with the necessary accuracy, while retaining the computational efficiency ideal for process simulations. A comprehensive literature survey of the available experimental SFE data of LNG-relevant binary mixtures was carried out and used to determine the optimal binary interaction parameters for a range of commonly-used cubic EoS. Overall, the Peng-Robinson (PR) EoS performed best representing the SFE temperatures with a standard uncertainty of less than 2 K for most of the examined mixtures; the Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK), Peng-Robinson-Stryjek-Vera (PRSV) and Patel-Teja-Valderrama (PTV) equations produced similar results. The solubility of various impurities in methane was investigated with the optimized EoS across a range of temperatures, and various retrograde behaviors were examined. The EoS models and the best-fit parameters obtained in this work have been incorporated into the ThermoFAST desktop application and a new free online implementation ThermoFAST Web.
AB - Solid formation and deposition in liquefied natural gas (LNG) production is a process hazard avoidable by careful determination of impurity solubility in the process stream. Accurate freeze-out predictions for LNG require robust thermodynamic models tuned to high-quality experimental data. Cubic equations of state (EoS) can be used to calculate solid–fluid equilibria (SFE) for LNG-relevant binary mixtures with the necessary accuracy, while retaining the computational efficiency ideal for process simulations. A comprehensive literature survey of the available experimental SFE data of LNG-relevant binary mixtures was carried out and used to determine the optimal binary interaction parameters for a range of commonly-used cubic EoS. Overall, the Peng-Robinson (PR) EoS performed best representing the SFE temperatures with a standard uncertainty of less than 2 K for most of the examined mixtures; the Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK), Peng-Robinson-Stryjek-Vera (PRSV) and Patel-Teja-Valderrama (PTV) equations produced similar results. The solubility of various impurities in methane was investigated with the optimized EoS across a range of temperatures, and various retrograde behaviors were examined. The EoS models and the best-fit parameters obtained in this work have been incorporated into the ThermoFAST desktop application and a new free online implementation ThermoFAST Web.
KW - Cubic equation of state
KW - Liquefied natural gas
KW - Solid fluid equilibrium
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122321815&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.123033
DO - 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.123033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122321815
VL - 314
JO - Fuel
JF - Fuel
SN - 0016-2361
M1 - 123033
ER -