Phase Behavior And Densities Of Propylene Plus Hexane Binary Mixtures To 585 K And 70 Mpa

In this study, we report phase behavior data for propylene + hexane mixtures at temperatures of 295 to 468 K and pressures to 5.5 MPa and high-pressure mixture density data at temperatures of 295 to 584 K and pressures to 70 MPa. Both the phase behavior and density data are simultaneously determined using a variable volume, high-pressure view cell that is coupled with a linear variable differential transformer. The phase behavior and mixture density data are modeled with the Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK), Peng-Robinson (PR), modified Sanchez-Lacombe (MSL), and perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory (PC-SAFT) equations of state (EoS). The PC-SAFT and MSL EoS provide the best fit of the phase behavior data with a nonzero value of 0.028 for k(ij). Likewise, the PC-SAFT EoS provides the best fit of the high-pressure mixture density data, though the PC-SAFT equation slightly overpredicts the solution density and the calculated densities are relatively insensitive to changes in k(ij) from zero to 0.028.