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Calorimetric determination of the thermodynamic behavior of reversible liquid-phase reactions for use in energy storage

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6974158
A new calorimetric method of determining equilibrium mole fractions of labile species that participate in reversible, liquid-phase reactions has been developed. This technique relies on the fact that a reactant-solvent mixture of just the right composition will shift the equilibrium neither to the left nor to the right and thus will neither absorb nor generate heat when injected into an equilibrium mixture. Using the open-system energy balance, initial mole fraction valves for each constituent, and the experimentally determined composition of the reactant-solvent mixture which causes no reaction, the equilibrium mole fraction of each constituent can be determined.
Research Organization:
Missouri Univ., Rolla (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
FG47-81R701250
OSTI ID:
6974158
Report Number(s):
DOE/R7/01250-T3; ON: DE84010437
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English