Fluid Phase Equilibria, Vol.453, 40-45, 2017
Prediction of water content of natural gases using the PC-SAFT equation of state
Water contents of synthetic sweet and sour natural gas-like mixtures and their constituents for wide ranges of temperature and pressure are studied in this work. The perturbed-chain version of statistical associated fluid theory (PC-SAFT) is used to describe the vapor and aqueous phase. In addition to repulsion and dispersion interactions, the 4C association scheme is used to account for self-association between water molecules. Using the PC-SAFT approach, the water contents of methane, ethane, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and certain synthetic sweet and sour natural gas mixtures are predicted satisfactorily. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.