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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Chapter 2: From Fundamental to Properties

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• Example 2.1: Refrigeration system
• Example 2.2: VLE observation
• Example 2.3: Flexfuel model
• Example 2.4: Phase envelope of a natural gas with retrograde condensation
• Example 2.5: Entropy rise in a ideal gas expansion
• Example 2.6: Cryogenic plant
• Example 2.7: Distillation column
• Example 2.8: Energy balance in a column feed
• Example 2.9: Risk of condensation of water in a gas stream
• Example 2.10: Effect of the feed composition on the water-gas shift reaction
• Example 2.11: Effect of temperature on the reaction constant
• Example 2.12: Chemical looping

Chapter 3: From Components to Models

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• Example 3-1: Vapour pressure predictions of methane using different formulas
• Example 3-2: Quality evaluation of molar volume correlations
• Example 3-3: Evaluation of the ideal gas heat capacity equations for n-pentane
• Example 3-4: Quality evaluation of vapourisation enthalpy correlations
• Example 3-5: Comparison of second virial coefficient calculation methods
• Example 3-6: Comparison of critical points and acentric factor from different databases
• Example 3-7: Use of the group contribution methods of Joback and Gani
• Example 3.8: Diesel fuel characterization
• Example 3.9: Vapour pressures of di-alcohols
• Example 3.10: Find the parameters to fit the vapour pressure of ethyl oleate
• Example 3.11: Fitting of BIP coefficients for the mixture water + MEA with the NRTL model
• Example 3.12: Separation of n-butane from 1,3 butadiene at 333.15K using vapour-liquid equilibrium
• Example 3.13: Draw the heteroazeotropic isothermal phase diagram of the binary mixture of water and butanol at 373.15 K
• Example 3.14: Isothermal phase diagram using the Flory Huggins activity coefficient model
• Example 3.15: Use of an equation of state for pure component vapour pressure calculations

Chapter 4: From Phases to Method (Models) Selection

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• Example 4-1: Calculation of the condensation enthalpy of the acetone + water mixture with NRTL at a given pressure (1 bar)
• Example 4-2: Distribution coefficients in an ideal mixture (propane + n-pentane)
• Example 4-3: Comparison of phase envelope predictions for the ethane + n-pentane mixture
• Example 4-4: Behaviour of a methane + n-decane mixture and its models
• Example 4-5: Behaviour of the benzene + n-hexane mixture and its models
• Example 4-6: Calculation of the eutectic of para- and ortho-xylene
• Example 4-7: Comparison of experimental values and different model with H₂ + n-hexane mixture
• Example 4-8: Prediction of a heteroazeotrope with total liquid immiscibility
• Example 4-9: Formation of hydrates
• Example 4-10: Example of a vapour-liquid-liquid equilibrium of an acid gas system in the presence of water
• Example 4-11: VLE and LLE calculation of the methanol + n-hexane mixture

Chapter 5: Cases Studies

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• Case study 1: Crystallization of trace components in natural gas liquefaction process (LIQUEFIN^TM)
• Case study 2: Three phases reactions in Clauss tail gas treatment (CLAUSPOL) - in progress
• Case study 3: Complex polar molecular description for high dilution VLE separation (ESTERFIP-H) - in progress