Fluid Phase Equilibria, Vol.212, No.1-2, 165-174, 2003
Estimation of carbonate-alcohol interaction parameters for Nitta-Chao group contribution model: application of a Genetic Algorithm
In this work, the characteristic parameters for the interaction of carbonate-hydroxyl pair for the Nitta-Chao model have been calculated using an updated data base of vapour-liquid equilibria, activity coefficients at infinite dilution, excess molar enthalpies and excess molar volumes of carbonate + 1-alkanol binary mixtures. In the process of optimisation of the interaction parameters a Genetic Algorithm (GA) has been used. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.