Densities and vapor pressures of mixed-solvent desiccant systems containing {glycol (diethylene, or triethylene, or tetraethylene glycol) + salt (magnesium chloride) + water}

• Published in: The Journal of chemical thermodynamics Vol. 42; no. 9; pp. 1163 - 1167
• Main Authors: Chen, Shang-Yi, Soriano, Allan N., Li, Meng-Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Approximation; Aqueous electrolytes; Chemical thermodynamics; Chemistry; Density; Desiccants; Diethylene glycol; Exact sciences and technology; General and physical chemistry; Glycols; Magnesium chloride; Mathematical models; Mixtures; Tetraethylene glycol; Thermodynamic properties; Triethylene glycol; Vapor pressure; Triethylene glycol; Magnesium chloride; Diethylene glycol; Tetraethylene glycol; Vapor pressure; Density; Water; Ternary system; Desiccation; Magnesium Chlorides; Physical properties; Hydroxyether; Mixed solvent; Thermodynamic properties
• ISSN: 0021-9614; 1096-3626
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jct.2010.04.014

In this present work, new experimental data for density and vapor pressure of the mixed-solvent desiccant systems containing {(40.0 wt%) glycol + salt + water} were reported for temperatures up to 343.15 K at normal atmospheric condition. The considered glycols were diethylene, triethylene, and tetraethylene glycol; and the salt is magnesium chloride (wt% = 4.0, 9.0, and 16.0). The density and vapor pressure were presented as functions of temperature and compositions. An empirical equation was used to correlate the temperature and compositional dependence of the present density data and a model based on the mean spherical approximation for aqueous electrolyte solutions incorporating the pseudo-solvent approach was used to represent the measured vapor pressure as functions of temperature and composition. Satisfactory results were obtained for both density and vapor pressure calculations.