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VLE equilibrium/physical properties validation of a multicomponent system (CO2-MEA-H2O) inAspenPlus?

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waltter72

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Jul 27, 2018
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In literature this validation is done by comparing the CO2 partial pressure (or total pressure) for different CO2 loading (molCO2/molMEA) in an aqueous MEA solution (see attached images).

My question is: How do I enter these data in the first place into Aspen Plus ® because in the usual way, through “Data” tab, in none of the phase equilibrium category, that is TXY, PXY, etc., partial pressure of a component is available and only composition in terms of mole/mass fraction is permitted (not loading).
Once it is entered, and assuming the used thermodynamic model (NRTL) does not accurately predict the system’s behaviour, how do I make the regression in “Regression” tab? In a binary system, the regression is made for NRTL binary parameters. Is it also so in this situation?

The same is applied to multicomponent mixture physical properties validation: This is frequently done by plotting Property VS temperature and CO2 loading as a parametric variable, how do I make the regression in “Regression” tab? Once the data is entered, in the regression tab, only pure component physical parameters and not mixture ones are available.

Please, help me out.
Thanks in advance.

Note: Images from: Luo, X., & Wang, M. (2017). Improving Prediction Accuracy of a Rate-Based Model of an MEA-Based Carbon Capture Process for Large-Scale Commercial Deployment. Engineering, 3(2), 232–243.
 
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perhaps you can estimate binary fractions based on definition of loading,
for carbon dioxide, monoethanolamine and water ternary probably you need a model with support for electrolytes as the E-NRTL , however these models are complex including many equilibrium contants and I doubt you can calculate all the required parameters with the data regression utility,
that is true in general, for example, the modified CPA (for electrolytes) available in Prode Properties allows to calculate the parameters but there are so many values to calculate that I just adopt the values in database :)
 
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