Flash Initialization Schemes

Wilson Equation
f iV  f i L
 Pi S 
Raoult’s Law yi P  xi Pi S log10 K i  log10    log10 Pi S  log10 P
 P 

yi Pi S Critical Point
Ki   Bi
xi P log10  Pri  1  Ai  0  Ai  Bi Ai   Bi
 Tri  1
Tr=0.7 Bi
i   log10  Pri  Tri 0.7  1 log10  Pri  Tri 0.7  Ai 
0.7
B
log10 Pr  A  Bi
Tr log10  Pri  Tri 0.7  1  i   1  i   Ai 
0 .7

 1  i   Ai 
Ai
Ai 
1  i  Bi 
 1  i 
0.7 0.42857 0.42857
 Pi S 
log10 K i  log10    log10 Pi S  log10 P
 P   1  i  1  i  . 1 
log10 Pi S  log10 PCi    
 0.42857 0.42857 Tri 
 Wilson Equation
Raoult’s Law

 Pi S 
log10 K i  log10    log10 Pi S  log10 P
 P 

 1  i  1  i  1 
log10 Pi S  log10 PCi    
 0.42857 0.42857 Tri 

 1  i  1  i  1   log P
log10 K i  log10 PCi     10
 0 .42857 0 .42857 Tri 

P   T 
log10 K i  log10  Ci   2.3333411  i  1  Ci 
 P   T 

P   T 
ln K i  ln Ci   5.37271  i  1  Ci 
 P   T  Wilson Equation

P    T 
Ki   Ci  exp 5.37271  i  1  Ci  
 P    T 
 B C
log10 Pr  A  
Tr Tr2

Bi Ci 0  Ai  Bi  Ci (1)
Critical point log10 1  Ai  
1 12

1 BiTci CiTci2
1 BT  K  C T  K 2
log10  Ai   2 (2)
boiling point log10  Ai  i ci  i ci
2 Pci Tb Tb
Pci (atm) Tb ( K ) T (K )
b

Bi Ci
Tr=0.7 i   log10  Pri  Tri 0.7  1  1  i   Ai  
0.7  0.7  2  1  i   Ai  1.428571Bi  2.040816Ci (3)

1  i   0.428571Bi  1.040816Ci  2.33331  i   Bi  2.428571Ci

1  Tci2 
log10  2  1
Pci T
1  Tci   Tci2   Bi  Ci  b 
log10  Bi   1  Ci  2  1  Tci   Tci 
Pci  Tb   Tb    1   1
T
 b   Tb 
 1   Tci2  
log10 
 2   1  
Pci   Tb  
 2.33331  i   Ci   2.428571
 Tci    Tci  1 
  1  
 Tb    Tb  

1
log10
Pci
 2.3333 1  i 
 Tci 
  1
T
Ci   b 2  Bi  2.428571Ci  2.3333 1  i  Ai   Bi  Ci
  Tci  

 2   1  
  Tb   2.428571
 
  Tci  1 

  Tb  

 Twu Method
yi Pi S
Ki  
xi P


Pi S  Pci exp ln Pri 0   Tri   i ln Pri 1  Tri  
ln Pri 0   Tri  
1
Tri
 5.963461  Tri   1.176391  Tri   0.559607 1  Tri   1.319011  Tri 
1.5 3 6

ln Pri 1  Tri  
1
Tri
 4.78522 1  Tri   0.413999 1  Tri   8.912391  Tri   4.986621  Tri 
1.5 3 6


Ki 
Pci
P

exp ln Pri 0   Tri   i ln Pri 1  Tri  

* “A generalized vapor pressure equation for heavy hydrocarbons,” Chorng H. Twu , John E. Coon, John R. Cunningham, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 96 ( 1994) 19-31
Twu et al. (1994) Generalized Vapor Pressure Equation

ln Pr  ln Pr 0   Tr    ln Pr 1  Tr 

ln Pr 0   Tr  
1
Tr

 5.963461  Tr   1.176391  Tr   0.5596071  Tr   1.319011  Tr 
1.5 3 6

ln Pr 1  Tr  
1
Tr
 4.785221  Tr   0.4139991  Tr   8.912391  Tr   4.986621  Tr 
1.5 3 6


Constants determined from DIPPR vapor pressure equations for . The equations were used to
calculate the slope (1) and constants (1) of many substances at 36 different temperatures
between a reduced temperature of 0.7 and 1.

* “A generalized vapor pressure equation for heavy hydrocarbons,” Chorng H. Twu , John E. Coon, John R. Cunningham, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 96 ( 1994) 19-31