Solid–liquid equilibrium of substrates and products of the enzymatic synthesis of ampicillin

The solid–liquid equilibrium of precursors and products of the enzymatic synthesis of ampicillin (AMP) [6‐aminopencillanic acid (6‐APA) and D(?)phenylglycine (PG)] was investigated at different temperatures (283–298 K) and pHs (5.5–7.5). Solubility data were obtained using an analytical methodology. Equilibrium dissociation constants were experimentally measured at several temperatures for AMP, 6‐APA, PG, and D(?)phenylglycine methyl ester. A model based on the simplified perturbed hard sphere theory proposed by Khoshkbarchi and Vera (Ind Eng Chem Res. 1996;35:4319‐4327) was fitted against solubility data. The model could describe the water solubility behavior for AMP and PG as function of pH and temperature, but a bias was observed when fitting the model to the solubility of 6‐APA. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2010     

水合物存在条件下CH4和CO2在溶液中溶解度计算

实验测定了在不同温度、压力条件下,水合物存在时CO2和CH4在水溶液中的溶解度。将Chen-Guo水合物模型和拓展的P-T状态方程应用到水合物存在条件下CH4和CO2在溶液中的溶解度计算,对于V-Lw-H三相条件下CH4和CO2在液相中的溶解度取得了较高的计算精度。本文将vander Waals-Platteeuw模型和拓展的P-T状态方程结合,建立了用于计算高于三相平衡压力条件下CH4和CO2在液相中溶解度的模型。考察了系统压力对CH4和CO2在液相中溶解度的影响。结果表明,压力增加会显著影响CH4和CO2在其溶液中的溶解度。模型基于两点假设经过改进后具有较高的计算精度,能够用于水合物存在条件下CH4和CO2在液相中溶解度的计算。     

Prediction of vapor–liquid equilibrium for polymer solutions based on the COSMO‐SAC model

To extend the application of the COSMO‐SAC model to phase‐equilibrium calculations of polymer solutions, a new strategy for estimating the charge‐density profile, the cavity volume and the cavity surface area of polymer molecules is proposed by finding reasonable parameters for the corresponding repeating structure units. The molecular parameters for polymers are obtained by summing up the corresponding COSMO calculated values of the repeating units calculated by the algorithms of DMol3 (a density functional theory) or MOPAC (a semi‐empirical method). Combining with the COSMO‐SAC model, the activities and equilibrium pressures for several typical polymer solutions are satisfactorily predicted indicating that the proposed method can be used for the prediction of vapor–liquid equilibrium of polymer solutions. It was also found that both DMol3 and MOPAC can be used though the results obtained from them are slightly different. The results in this paper show that the method proposed has the potential to predict other phase‐equilibrium properties of polymer systems. © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2010     

Modelling carbon dioxide solubility in ionic liquids

Solubility information for CO₂ in different ionic liquids, ILs, in part can potentially be used to select a specific IL for the separation of CO₂ from hydrocarbon fluids. Unfortunately, not all CO₂–IL systems have been experimentally described at similar temperatures and pressures; therefore, a direct comparison of performance by process simulation is not always possible. In the extreme cases, the design of a CO₂ separation process may require predicting the CO₂–IL equilibria for which there are no available solubility data. To address the need for this information, a semi‐empirical correlation was developed to estimate the dissolution of CO₂ in CO₂–IL solvent systems. The theoretical COSMO–RS calculation method was used to calculate the chemical potential of CO₂ in a wide variety of ILs and the Soave–Redlich–Kwong equation was used to calculate the fugacity coefficient of the CO₂ vapour phase. The model was correlated with available literature data, yielding an average error of AAR = 23% and small bias. © 2012 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering     

离子液体中二氧化碳的溶解度研究进展

室温离子液体具有独特的气体选择溶解性,在二氧化碳(CO2)的捕集和分离中有很好的应用前景。综述了近年来CO2在不同离子液体中的溶解度研究进展,比较了CO2在常规离子液体和功能型离子液体中的不同溶解机制,分析、归纳了向离子液体中引入不同官能团对CO2溶解性能的影响规律,指出了离子液体捕集CO2的未来研究方向。     

Estimation of vapour–liquid equilibrium data for binary refrigerant systems containing 1,1,1,2,3,3,3‐heptafluoropropane (R227ea) by using artificial neural networks

In this research, the ability of multilayer perceptron neural networks to estimate vapour–liquid equilibrium data have been studied. Four typical binary refrigerant systems containing R227ea have been investigated in a large range of temperatures and pressures. The systems are categorised into four groups, based on their different deviations from the Raoult's law. The networks with one hidden layer consisted of five neurons are developed as the optimal structure. For these binary systems, uncertainties in the artificial neural networks (ANNs) estimations were not more than 1.03%. In addition, the abilities of ANNs are shown by comparisons with Margules, van Laar, and some other correlations.     

Diffusion coefficient and equilibrium solubility of water molecules in biodegradable polymers

The diffusion coefficient and solubility of water molecules were measured in polyglycolide (PGA), poly(L ‐lactide) (PLLA), poly[(R)‐3‐hydroxybutyrate] (PHB), poly(ϵ‐caprolactone) (PCL), and Skygreen^R (SG). The diffusion coefficient and equilibrium solubility decreased in the order SG > PCL > PLLA > PHB > PGA and PGA > SG > PLLA > PHB > PCL, respectively. The diffusion coefficient and solubility of water at low sorption temperature in PHB varied according to the initial crystallinity of the matrix polymer even though crystallization of PHB molecules took place during the sorption experiment. In contrast, the amorphous PLLA and the crystalline PLLA showed an almost identical diffusion coefficient and solubility of water, in spite of the fact that the amorphous PLLA remained practically amorphous during the whole sorption procedure. A strong correlation existed between the water solubility and the surface tension or contact angle of the polymer matrix. The water diffusivity in PGA was almost 2 orders of magnitude lower while water was more soluble in PGA with a lower heat of sorption than that corresponding to the other more hydrophobic polymers, indicating that the transport of water molecules in PGA followed the solution–diffusion model. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 77: 1716–1722, 2000     

Prediction of carbon dioxide gas hydrate formation conditions in aqueous electrolyte solutions

A methodology for predicting the incipient equilibrium conditions for carbon dioxide gas hydrates in the presence of electrolytes such as NaCl, KCl and CaCl₂ is presented. The method utilizes the statistical thermodynamics model of van der Waals and Platteeuw (1959) to describe the solid hydrate phase. Three different models were examined for the representation of the liquid phase: Chen and Evans (1986), Zuo and Guo (1991), and Aasberg-Petersen et al. (1991). It was found that the model of Zuo and Guo (1991) gave the best results for predicting incipient CO₂ gas hydrate conditions in aqueous single salt solutions. The model was then extended for prediction of CO₂ gas hydrates in mixed salts solutions. The predictions agree very well with experimental data.     

基于MPHC活度系数模型关联烃－水体系液－液平衡

基于普遍化范德华配分函数理论，应用由局部组成概念导出的方阱流体配位数模型导出了链状分子混合物的配位数模型，并由此建立了一个新的活度系数模型；将其应用于高度非理想体系汽－液平衡活度系数的关联，结果与Ｗｉｌｓｏｎ方程相当，但方程参数随温度变化较小；其于Ｎｅｗｔｏｎ－Ｒａｐｈｓｏｎ－Ｇａｕｓｓ液－液平衡算法，应用新模型对烃－水体系的液－液平衡进行了关联计算，结果优于ＮＲＴＬ方程     

基于MPHC活度系数模型关联烃－水体系液－液平衡

基于普遍化范德华配分函数理论，应用由局部组成概念导出的方阱流体配位数模型导出了链状分子混合物的配位数模型，并由此建立了一个新的活度系数模型；将其应用于高度非理想体系汽－液平衡活度系数的关联，结果与Ｗｉｌｓｏｎ方程相当，但方程参数随温度变化较小；其于Ｎｅｗｔｏｎ－Ｒａｐｈｓｏｎ－Ｇａｕｓｓ液－液平衡算法，应用新模型对烃－水体系的液－液平衡进行了关联计算，结果优于ＮＲＴＬ方程     

离子液体作为CO2吸附剂的研究进展

离子液体(ILs)是完全由特定阳、阴离子构成的在室温或近于室温下呈液态的物质,是一类新型软功能材料或介质,CO2能与ILs发生强相互作用,在其中具有很高的溶解度。本文综述了CO2在传统离子液体、功能化离子液体、聚合离子液体及其他形式离子液体中的溶解度,讨论了CO2在离子液体中溶解度的影响因素以及计算机模拟在离子液体溶解CO2研究中的应用,指出了离子液体作为吸收剂的优缺点,展望了其代替传统CO2吸收剂的研究前景。     

The solubility of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide in a 35 wt% aqueous solution of methyldiethanolamine

The solubility of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide in an aqueous solution containing 35 wt% methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) (3.04 kmol/m³, 4.52 mol/kg) has been measured at 40° and 100°C at partial pressures of the acid gas up to 530 kPa. Some data for hydrogen sulfide in a 50 wt% solution of MDEA (4.38 kmol/m³, 8.39 mol/kg) were also obtained. Also, densities of CO₂-aqueous MDEA solutions were measured at 40°C.     

氨丙基离子液体水溶液CO2吸收特性及计算模型

氨丙基功能型离子液体对CO₂具有良好的选择吸收特性,以[APMim]Br离子液体水溶液体系为例,在有效吸收(水含量大于55%)区间,水含量对CO₂的化学吸收和物理吸收都具有显著影响。依据[APMim]Br水溶液在278.15~348.15 K,0.1~4.5 MPa,水质量分数为55.90%、64.50%、76.80%和85.80%范围的CO₂吸收特性数据,对溶液体系的化学吸收和物理吸收模型进行分析研究,获得两种吸收机理的数学表达,并对实验数据进行回归分析,得到能够正确反映化学吸收和物理吸收的计算模型。结果表明,低压下化学吸收占主导作用,随水含量增大,溶液体系对CO₂吸收能力成倍增加,而且产生的物理吸收效应远大于离子液体本身的化学吸收能力。水的质量分数在0.65~0.85区间,[APMim]Br水溶液在相当大的温度和压力范围内具有优良的CO₂吸放气特性,显示出良好的工程应用前景。     

Liquid–liquid equilibrium correlations using lattice fluid equation of state with hydrogen bonding

The nonrandom lattice equation of state with hydrogen bonding (NLF-HB EOS) was examined for the correlation of liquid–liquid equilibria (LLE) for binary alcohol and hydrocarbon mixture in a wide pressure range. For hydrocarbon + alcohol mixtures the consideration of a hydrogen-bonding term in the lattice equation of state clearly improves the prediction for vapor–liquid equilibrium (VLE) as shown in previous works, but the prediction of LLE is still in question. In this paper, LLE data for alcohols (methanol and ethanol) + hydrocarbons (n-hexane to n-hexadecane) were correlated by NLF-HB EOS and results were compared with a cubic equation of state (Peng–Robinson EOS with the T–K Wilson based G^E model). Both equations of state showed similar degree of accuracies but with different number of adjustable parameters. The Peng–Robinson EOS based approach requires six temperature dependent coefficients for accurate calculation whereas NLF-HB EOS requires only two temperature dependent coefficients. The effects of varying hydrogen-bonding energies for NLF-HB EOS are discussed.     

Effect of water presence on the sorption of organic compounds in ethylene–vinyl alcohol copolymers

Sorption isotherms of methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, hexanol, ethyl caproate, and limonene in 4 ethylene–vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymers with different ethylene contents were determined by inverse gas chromatography (IGC) at 25°C and different relative humidity conditions. From sorption isotherms, solubility coefficients were determined and used as a tool for comparison. Besides affecting the morphology of the polymers by plastification, sorbed water seems to increase the polarity of the medium. Sorption of alcohols increases at high relative humidity; both plasticization and polarity cause this behavior. The effect is more important for the smaller alcohols and among polymers for those with low ethylene content. As the sorbant becomes nonpolar, plasticization and polarity effects become antagonistic. Indeed, the effect of water presence in sorption of hexanol is not significant, and sorption of limonene and ethyl caproate is even reduced at high water content. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 70: 711–716, 1998     

二氧化碳+重整汽油拟二元体系高压汽液平衡数据的测定及关联

为了满足超临界CO2回收溶剂法提取油砂沥青的提取溶剂重整汽油的工艺需要,采用可变体积高压相平衡装置,在温度为30.3～70.2℃下,测定了4.02～14.01MPa范围内CO2-重整汽油拟二元体系的气液两相的平衡组成、密度以及摩尔体积。通过得到的结果确定了利用超临界二氧化碳来回收重整汽油的操作条件范围。利用基团贡献法估算了重整汽油的特性参数。采用Peng-Robinson方程拟合回归实验数据,得到了CO2-重整汽油体系的交互参数,计算出CO2-重整汽油体系的相平衡数据,结果表明计算值与实验值吻合较好。     

Simulations of vapor–liquid phase equilibrium and interfacial tension in the CO2–H2O–NaCl system

Direct interfacial molecular dynamics simulations are used to obtain the phase behavior and interfacial tension of CO₂–H₂O–NaCl mixtures over a broad temperature and pressure range (50°C ≤ T ≤ 250°C, 0 ≤ P ≤ 600 bar) and NaCl concentrations (1–4 mol/kg H₂O). The predictive ability of several existing water (SPC and TIP4P2005), carbon dioxide (EPM2 and TraPPE), and sodium chloride (SD and DRVH) models is studied and compared, using conventional Lorentz–Berthelot combining rules for the unlike‐pair parameters. Under conditions of moderate NaCl molality (～1 mol/kg H₂O), the predictions of the CO₂ solubility in the water‐rich and CO₂‐rich phase resemble those in the CO₂–H₂O system [Liu et al., J Phys Chem B. 2011;115:6629–6635]. Consistent with our previous work, the TraPPE/TIP4P2005 model combination gives the best overall performance in predicting coexistence composition and pressure in the water‐rich phase. Critical assessments are also made on the ranges of temperature and pressure where particular model combinations work better. The dependence of the interfacial tension on temperature and pressure is better predicted by the TraPPE/TIP4P2005 and EPM2/SPC models, whereas the EPM2/TIP4P2005 model overestimates this property by 10–20%, possibly due to the inadequacy of the combining rules. It is also found that the interfacial tension increases with salt concentration, consistent with experimental observations. © 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 3514–3522, 2013     

C–(N)–S–H and N–A–S–H gels: Compositions and solubility data at 25°C and 50°C

Calcium silicate hydrates containing sodium [C–(N)–S–H], and sodium aluminosilicate hydrates [N–A–S–H] are the dominant reaction products that are formed following reaction between a solid aluminosilicate precursor (eg, slags, fly ash, metakaolin) and an alkaline activation agent (eg NaOH) in the presence of water. To gain insights into the thermochemical properties of such compounds, C–(N)–S–H and N–A–S–H gels were synthesized with compositions: 0.8≤Ca/Si≤1.2 for the former, and 0.25≤Al/Si≤0.50 (atomic units) for the latter. The gels were characterized using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy with energy‐dispersive X‐ray microanalysis (SEM‐EDS), and X‐ray diffraction (XRD). The solubility products (K_S0) of the gels were established at 25°C and 50°C. Self‐consistent solubility data of this nature are key inputs required for calculation of mass and volume balances in alkali‐activated binders (AABs), and to determine the impacts of the precursor chemistry on the hydrated phase distributions; in which, C–(N)–S–H and N–A–S–H compounds dominate the hydrated phase assemblages.