Vapor−Liquid Equilibrium Data for the Azeotropic Difluoromethane + Propane System at Temperatures from 294.83 to 343.26 K and Pressures up to 5.4 MPa

Christophe Coquelet (1) , Albert Chareton (2) , Alain Valtz (1) , Abdelatif Baba-Ahmed (2) , Dominique Richon (2)

1 CTP - Centre Thermodynamique des Procédés
2 Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris)

Isothermal vapor-liquid equilibrium data for the Difluoromethane (R32) + Propane binary system are presented at 278.10, 294.83, 303.23, 313.26 and 343.26 K and pressures up to 5.4 MPa. The experimental method is the static-analytic type. It takes advantage of mobile pneumatic capillary samplers (Rolsi™, Armines' patent) developed in our laboratory. At a fixed temperature the azeotrope vapor pressure is larger then those of the pure component. The particularity of R32-Propane azeotropic binary system is to present in two critical point over the critical temperature if the azeotrope. This particular behavior has been proved and even shown visually by means of two supplementary experiments with equipment based on the static-synthetic method involving a variable volume cell. Data along the five isotherms have been represented with the Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK) equation of state and MHV1 mixing rules involving the NRTL model. We have calculated the location of the azeotrope using the equality of Equation of State attractive parameter between the two phases.

Mots clés: R32; Propane; VLE; modelistaion; azeotrope calculation; critical point

Domaines: Génie des procédés; Génie chimique; Chimie théorique et/ou physique

Christophe Coquelet, Albert Chareton, Alain Valtz, Abdelatif Baba-Ahmed, Dominique Richon. Vapor−Liquid Equilibrium Data for the Azeotropic Difluoromethane + Propane System at Temperatures from 294.83 to 343.26 K and Pressures up to 5.4 MPa. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 2003, 48 (2), pp.317-323. ⟨10.1021/je020115d⟩. ⟨hal-01798319⟩