Joule–Thomson Inversion in Vapor–Liquid–Solid Solution Systems

International Journal of Thermophysics - Tập 30 - Trang 1130-1143 - 2009
Dan Vladimir Nichita1, Jerome Pauly1, Jean-Luc Daridon1
1Laboratoire des Fluides Complexes, CNRS UMR 5150, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Pau Cedex, France

Tóm tắt

Solid phase precipitation can greatly affect thermal effects in isenthalpic expansions; wax precipitation may occur in natural hydrocarbon systems in the range of operating conditions, the wax appearance temperature being significantly higher (as high as 350 K) for hyperbaric fluids. Recently, methods for calculating the Joule–Thomson inversion curve (JTIC) for two-phase mixtures, and for three-phase vapor–liquid–multisolid systems have been proposed. In this study, an approach for calculating the JTIC for the vapor–liquid–solid solution systems is presented. The JTIC is located by tracking extrema and angular points of enthalpy departure variations versus pressure at isothermal conditions. The proposed method is applied to several complex synthetic and naturally occurring hydrocarbon systems. The JTIC can exhibit several distinct branches (which may lie within two- or three-phase regions or follow phase boundaries), multiple inversion temperatures at fixed pressure, as well as multiple inversion pressures at given temperature.

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