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xy VLE data for methanol/water at 1 atm

Temp (oF) Temp (oC) x (mole f) y (mole f) y_calc Diagonal


212 100 0 0 0 0
209.12 98.4 0.012 0.068 0.1645219 0.012
206.42 96.9 0.02 0.121 0.2032652 0.02
204.44 95.8 0.026 0.159 0.2265856 0.026 VLE for MeOH/H2O system @ 1 atm
VLE for MeOH/H2O system @ 1 atm
203.18 95.1 0.033 0.188 0.25008944 0.033
201.38 94.1 0.036 0.215 0.2592619 0.036 220
197.96 92.2 0.053 0.275 0.30428117 0.053 1
194 90 0.074 0.356 0.34936772 0.074
191.48 88.6 0.087 0.395 0.3735767 0.087
188.42 86.9 0.108 0.44 0.4085580 0.108
200 0.75

y (mole frac MeOH)


185.72 85.4 0.129 0.488 0.4397423 0.129
182.12 83.4 0.164 0.537 0.48568712 0.164
0.5

Temperature (oF)
179.6 82 0.191 0.572 0.5173175 0.191 180
174.38 79.1 0.268 0.648 0.5951865 0.268
172.58 78.1 0.294 0.666 0.61844344 0.294
169.7 76.5 0.352 0.704 0.6663013 0.352
160
0.25
167.54 75.3 0.402 0.734 0.7039632 0.402
165.56 74.2 0.454 0.76 0.7403210 0.454
163.76 73.2 0.502 0.785 0.7717720 0.502 0
161.6 72 0.563 0.812 0.80929494 0.563 140

0
25

5
75

1
159.62 70.9 0.624 0.835 0.84450364 0.624

0.
0
25

5
75

1
156.56 69.2 0.717 0.877 0.8944959 0.717

0.

0.
0.
0.

0.
154.58 68.1 0.79 0.91 0.93112905 0.79
MeOH Content (mole fraction)
152.96 67.2 0.843 0.93 0.9564980 0.843 x (mole frac MeOH)
152.42 66.9 0.857 0.939 0.96304224 0.857
150.26 65.7 0.938 0.971 0.9997287 0.938
149 65 1 1 1.026572 1 y_calc = 1.026572 * x^0.4139722
This is a curve fit via Polymath.
(Curve above is simple connect the dots)

Experimental data from the compilation by Gmehling, J. and Onken, U. 1977. Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data Collection, Dechema, Frankfurt, Germany, vol. 1, p. 60.

from Chemical Engineering Design and Analysis: An Introduction


T. M. Duncan and J. A. Reimer, Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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