High-Pressure Fluid Phase Equilibria

High-Pressure Fluid Phase Equilibria: Phenomenology and Computation, Second Edition, Volume Two enables understanding of the complicated phase behavior that fluid or fluid mixtures (liquids, gases, or supercritical phases) can exhibit at elevated pressures. The underlying thermodynamic equations are explained, and robust algorithms for the computation of such equilibria (including solid–fluid equilibria) are proposed. Since the publication of the first edition of this book there have been many new developments, for instance differential equation methods for the computation of phase equilibria, accurate numerical differentiation, high-precision equations of state (e.g., the GERG model).Moreover, more detail and explanation has been added on important topics that were only briefly examined in the original book to better assist the reader, such as expansion processes and chemical reactions). The book remains invaluable as a single resource for grasping the intricacies of fluid phase behavior. It enables readers to write or improve their own computer programs for the calculation of phase equilibria and will appeal to graduate students of chemical engineering and university research staff involved in chemical engineering of supercritical fluids or the physical chemistry of fluids.

• Comprehensively presents the complex world of phase equilibria (binary and ternary) and the various methods for computing phase equilibria, whilst carefully considering the relevant pressure and temperature ranges
• Introduces phase diagram classes, how to recognize them, and how to identify their characteristic features
• Presents rational nomenclature of binary fluid phase diagrams
• Includes problems and solutions for self-testing, exercises, or seminars