Thermodynamic modeling of ternary systems containing imidazolium-based ionic liquids and acid gases using SRK, Peng-Robinson, CPA and PC-SAFT equations of state

Abstract In this study, the cubic and the associative equations of state are applied to model the VLE data of ternary systems containing ionic liquids. In the first section, the simultaneous solubility of CO2 and H2S in the ionic liquids [omim][Tf2N], [omim][PF6] and [bmim][PF6] is modeled and the selective absorption of CO2/H2S is investigated at the temperatures T/K = (303.15 and 343.15) and the pressures P/MPa = (0.1 and 1). According to the obtained results, the percent deviations in pressure were varying between 6.0 and 10.8 for the SRK EoS, 6.0 and 10.6 for the PR EoS, 2.6 and 9.6 for the CPA EoS and 3.4 and 6.1 for the PC-SAFT EoS. Also, percent deviations in vapor phase composition were varying between 3.1 and 4.9 for the SRK EoS, 3.3 and 4.9 for the PR EoS, 3.1 and 7.0 for the CPA EoS and 3.8 and 4.9 for the PC-SAFT EoS. In the selectivity calculations, at high ionic liquid concentrations, the cubic models predict the selectivity drop; while the associative models present increasing trend. In the second section, the CO2 solubility in ethanol and [emim][Tf2N] as well as the mixture of ethanol and [emim][Tf2N] is modeled and the experimental points were tested for thermodynamic consistency. According to the obtained results, the percent deviation in pressure of the ternary systems was 3.9 for the SRK EoS, 3.9 for the PR EoS, 3.8 and 4.0 for the CPA EoS and 3.1 and 3.2 for the PC-SAFT EoS. In the same temperature and pressure, the CO2 solubility decrease when the concentration of ethanol increases, and the proposed models can describe this phase behavior.