(Artigo 1) –

Abstract: Cubic equations of state (EOS) have proven their utility to

the petroleum engineers for many decades. Their predictive power
remains, however, limited. Statistical mechanical approaches have
meanwhile grown allowing the development of powerful engineering
equations of state. In particular, this paper investigates how
equations that are based on the association term of Wertheim can
improve significantly the predictive power in petroleum applications.
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(Artigo 2) - APPLICATION OF THE VAN-DER-WAALS-EQUATION OF STATE TO

POLYMERS

Abstract: A reliable methodology for evaluating the energy and co-

volume parameters of cubic equations of state for polymers is
proposed. Only two low-pressure volumetric data points are used. The
procedure is applied to the van der Waals equation of state and
bubble-point pressure calculations are performed for a number of
polymer solutions. The usual combining and mixing rules are used. It
is shown that the van der Waals equation can correlate the equilibrium
pressures of polymer solutions using one binary interaction parameter.
The accuracy of the correlation is very good; it is comparable to or
better than that achieved using the Flory-Huggins model. It is also
shown that the necessary binary interaction parameters for the van der
Waals equation of state can be estimated using a simple scheme based
on the Berthelot combining rule. It is, thus, demonstrated that the
van der Waals equation of state can be a simple and successful tool
for the description of the vapor-liquid equilibria in polymer
solutions.

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(Artigo 3) - A cubic equation of state for water and its application to

power cycle calculations

Abstract: A generalized cubic equation of state proposed by one of the

authors has been modified, used to calculate some physical and
thermodynamic properties of water, and applied to the modeling and
simulation of vapor power cycles. The cubic equation contains four
generalized constants, which are calculated using the acentric factor
and the critical compressibility factor. In this work, the constants
for water have been specifically recalculated so values of all
properties of interest in the calculation of thermodynamic cycles can
be accurately predicted. Saturation temperature–pressure data have
been used to determine the constants and several other properties
(volume, enthalpy and entropy of both liquid and vapor phases, and
saturation pressure), have been calculated in a wide range of pressure
and temperature. Also an application of the proposed equation to a
vapor cycle is shown and result compared to other methods. The
equation and the proposed parameters have shown to be accurate enough
for the prediction of all properties involved in processes that use
water as a working fluid.

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