Using lattice-fluid model,a continuous thermodynamic framework is presented forphase-equilibrium calculations for binary solutions with a polydisperse polymer solute.A two-stepprocess is deslgned to form a real polyme...Using lattice-fluid model,a continuous thermodynamic framework is presented forphase-equilibrium calculations for binary solutions with a polydisperse polymer solute.A two-stepprocess is deslgned to form a real polymer solution containing a solvent and a polydisperse polymersolute occupying a volume at fixed temperature and pressure.In the first step,close-packed purecomponents including solvent and polymers with different molar masses or different chain lengths aremixed to form a closed-packed polymer solution.In the second step,the close-packed mixture,con-sidered to be a pseudo-pure substance is mixed with holes to form a real polymer solution with a vol-ume dependent on temperature and pressure.Revised Freed’s model developed previously is adoptedfor both steps.Besides pure-component parameters,a binary size parameter c<sub>r</sub> and a binary energyparameter ε<sub>12</sub> are used.They are all temperature dependent.The discrete-multicomponent approach isadopted to derive expressions for chemical potentials。展开更多
using close-packed lattice models,a continuous thermodynamic framework is presented forphase-equilibrium calculations for binary solutions with a polydisperse polymer solute.An expressionfor the Helmholtz function of ...using close-packed lattice models,a continuous thermodynamic framework is presented forphase-equilibrium calculations for binary solutions with a polydisperse polymer solute.An expressionfor the Helmholtz function of mixing is based on the revised Freed model developed previously.Asize parameter c_r and an energy parameter ε are used;the former can be temperature dependent,while the latter can depend on both temperature and chain-length of the polymer.The discretemulticomponent approach is adopted to derive expressions for chemical potentials,spinodals and criti-cal points.The continuous distribution function is then used in calculations of moments occurring inthose expressions.Computation programs are established for cloud-point-curve,shadow-curve,spinodal and critical-point calculations for polymer solutions with standard distribution or arbitrarydistribution of polymer.In the latter case,the derivative method developed previously is applied.lllustrations for phase-equilibrium calculations are展开更多
文摘Using lattice-fluid model,a continuous thermodynamic framework is presented forphase-equilibrium calculations for binary solutions with a polydisperse polymer solute.A two-stepprocess is deslgned to form a real polymer solution containing a solvent and a polydisperse polymersolute occupying a volume at fixed temperature and pressure.In the first step,close-packed purecomponents including solvent and polymers with different molar masses or different chain lengths aremixed to form a closed-packed polymer solution.In the second step,the close-packed mixture,con-sidered to be a pseudo-pure substance is mixed with holes to form a real polymer solution with a vol-ume dependent on temperature and pressure.Revised Freed’s model developed previously is adoptedfor both steps.Besides pure-component parameters,a binary size parameter c<sub>r</sub> and a binary energyparameter ε<sub>12</sub> are used.They are all temperature dependent.The discrete-multicomponent approach isadopted to derive expressions for chemical potentials。
文摘using close-packed lattice models,a continuous thermodynamic framework is presented forphase-equilibrium calculations for binary solutions with a polydisperse polymer solute.An expressionfor the Helmholtz function of mixing is based on the revised Freed model developed previously.Asize parameter c_r and an energy parameter ε are used;the former can be temperature dependent,while the latter can depend on both temperature and chain-length of the polymer.The discretemulticomponent approach is adopted to derive expressions for chemical potentials,spinodals and criti-cal points.The continuous distribution function is then used in calculations of moments occurring inthose expressions.Computation programs are established for cloud-point-curve,shadow-curve,spinodal and critical-point calculations for polymer solutions with standard distribution or arbitrarydistribution of polymer.In the latter case,the derivative method developed previously is applied.lllustrations for phase-equilibrium calculations are
