Solubility and density measurements of palmitic acid in supercritical carbon dioxide + alcohol mixtures

Lars Brandt, Octavio Elizalde-Solis, Luis A. Galicia-Luna, Jürgen Gmehling

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Abstract

Solubility data of palmitic acid (hexadecanoic acid) in supercritical carbon dioxide were measured in the pressure range from 10 to 25 MPa at temperatures of 313 and 318 K. Densities for this binary mixture in the homogeneous phase and at saturation conditions were measured in the same range of temperature. The influence of 3 and 6 mol% ethanol and 2-propanol as co-solvent on the solubility and density data for the CO2 + palmitic acid mixture was also determined at 313 K. Measurements were carried out in a static-synthetic sapphire cell coupled to a vibrating-tube densitometer. The self-consistency of the data was tested according to the density-based models proposed by Mendez-Santiago and Teja.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72-79
Number of pages8
JournalFluid Phase Equilibria
Volume289
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Feb 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Co-solvent
  • Densitometer
  • Palmitic acid
  • Solubility

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