eCPA: An ion-specific approach to parametrization

The eCPA equation of state has been shown to be a promising electrolyte model, for which several applications have been demonstrated. The model at its current status is, however, limited by the use of salt specific parameters for the interactions between salts and water. Having salt-specific parameters limit the applicability to simple systems of ions, as it can only be applied when a common ion is found between the salts in the solution. For more complex systems of multiple ions/salts this may not work well. In this work the main goal is to eliminate this limitation by parametrizing the model with an ion-specific parameter set. The ion-specific parameters are estimated by a simultaneous fitting of parameters for 17 ions, consisting of 10 cations and 7 anions, and with data for 55 salts. The parameters are fitted to osmotic coefficient and mean ionic activity coefficient data in a wide temperature range from 273.15 K to above 500 K and up to an ionic strength of 6 molal. The parameters are found to yield similar deviations as the salt-specific parameters, however, for a few salts cation-anion interaction parameters were needed in order to obtain reasonable accuracy. The parameters are applied to a series of systems, which include mixed salt osmotic coefficients, solid liquid equilibrium and vapor-liquid equilibrium of water-methanol-salt, illustrating the applicability of the ion-specific parameters. Modelling of mixed salt osmotic coefficients illustrate that the parameters work well in salt mixtures, while the phase equilibria alsv o illustrate the extension to mixed solvent systems. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.