Investigation of Dimethyl Ether Solubility in Liquid Hexadecane by UNIFAC Method

It is shown that a modified UNIFAC model can be applied to predict solubility of hydrocarbon gases and vapors in hydrocarbon solvents. Very good agreement with experimental data has been achieved. In this work we try to find best way for predicting dimethyl ether solubility in liquid paraffin by using group contribution theory.

Authors:

• F. Raouf
• M. Taghizadeh

Keywords:

• UNIFAC
• Henry's law
• Group contribution theory
• Solubility.

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