The modified PGR equation of state: Pure-fluid predictions

The Park-Gasem-Robinson (PGR) equation of state (EOS) has been modified to improve its volumetric and equilibrium predictions. Specifically, the attractive term of the PGR equation was modified to enhance the flexibility of the model, and a new expression was developed for the temperature dependence of the attractive term in this segment-segment interaction model. The predictive capability of the modified PGR EOS for vapor pressure and saturated liquid and vapor densities was evaluated for selected normal paraffins, normal alkenes, cyclo-paraffins, light aromatics, argon, carbon dioxide, and water. The generalized EOS constants and substance-specific characteristic parameters in the modified PGR EOS were obtained from pure component vapor pressures and saturated liquid and vapor molar volumes. The calculated phase properties were compared with those of the Peng-Robinson (PR), the simplified-perturbed-hard-chain theory (SPHCT), and the original PGR equations. Generally, the performance of the proposed EOS (%AAD of 1.3, 2.8, and 3.7 for vapor pressure, saturated liquid, and vapor densities, respectively) was better than the SPHCT and original PGR equations in predicting the pure fluid properties.