Phase Behavior Prediction and Modeling of LNG Systems with EoSs - What is Easy and What is Difficult?

Blanca E. Garcia-Flores1, Daimler N. Justo-Garcia2, Roumiana P. Stateva3 and Fernando Garcia-Sanchez1 1Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Research Program in Molecular Engineering, Mexican Petroleum Institute, Mexico, D.F., 2Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, ESIQIE, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico, D.F., 3Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1,2Mexico, 3Bulgaria

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