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Title: Phase Equilibria and Condensed Phase Properties of Fluorinated Alkanes via First Principles Simulations

Journal Article · · Chemistry Select
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  1. Mississippi State Univ., MS (United States). Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering and Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems

Vapor liquid equilibria (VLE) of organic compounds is governed by weak non-covalent interactions. This presents a significant challenge in predicting VLE using a first principles approach where density functional theory is used to model system potential. However, a dispersion corrected approach has significantly improved the performance of traditional density functionals. Here, we predict the VLE for a nonpolar carbon tetrafluoride (R14) and polar 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a)via first principles Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations using PBED3 density functional. We find that the saturated liquid density for R14 is slightly under predicted for subcritical temperatures, while for R134a it is under predicted at lower reduced temperatures and over predicted at higher reduced temperatures. In the liquid phase, angle-resolved pair correlation functions indicate slight preference for R143a to align in parallel and antiparallel orientation in the first solvation shell.The vibrational spectra reveal peak broadening in the condensed phase due to solvothermal effects. Altogether, we find thePBED3 functional performance is better for the nonpolar molecule as compared to the polar one.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1461756
Journal Information:
Chemistry Select, Vol. 2, Issue 36; ISSN 2365-6549
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 4 works
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