Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, Vol.73, 36-43, 2014
Solubilities of hydrofluorocarbons in ionic liquids: Experimental and modelling study
In this work, experimental data on the gas solubility of hydrofluorocarbons (CHF3, CH2F2 and CH3F) in four room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) were determined within the temperature range 288 K to 308 K and at atmospheric pressure. The RTILs used were 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide([C(2)mim][NTf2]), (trihexyl) tetradecyl-phosphoniumbis(trifluoro-methylsulfonyl)imide ([P-6,P-6,P-6,P-14][NTf2]), and N-methyl-2-hydroxyethylammoniumpropionate ([m-2-HEA][Pr]) and pentanoate ([m-2-HEA][P]). Two modelling approaches, which we denote as predictive and correlative, were compared. In the former, the cubic plus association equation of state (CPA EoS) is used as a predictive model to estimate the solubilities using only pure components physical properties. In the latter, the regular-solution theory is the basis to build an empirical model whose parameters are obtained through least-squares fitting of experimental values. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.