Shandong Science ›› 2024, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 84-92.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.20230138

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Study on gas-liquid phase equilibrium properties of ionic liquid absorption refrigeration working pairs and their molecular dynamics simulations

ZHANG Haoran(), CHEN Wei()   

  1. College of Electromechanical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266061, China
  • Received:2023-09-16 Published:2024-08-20 Online:2024-08-05
  • Contact: CHEN Wei E-mail:zhanghr9811@163.com;cw_19344616@aliyun.com

Abstract:

To overcome the shortcomings of traditional absorption refrigeration working pairs, ionic liquid refrigeration working pairs have been widely developed and used as ideal substitutes. Herein, the gas-liquid phase equilibrium properties of the [EMIM]BF4/CH3OH ionic liquid binary system were investigated using static experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. The results reveal that this binary solution shows favorable gas-liquid phase equilibrium properties, and its saturated vapor pressure is experimentally measured to be approximately 21% lower than that of other alcohol-based ionic liquid solutions. In addition, the simulation results exhibit the same order of magnitude and trend as the experimental results, and the relative errors are generally less than 8%. These findings provide physical property database for screening ionic liquid refrigeration working pairs and studying the theoretical cycle system as well as a new method for simulating and predicting the basic properties of ionic liquids.

Key words: ionic liquid, absorption refrigeration, molecular dynamics simulation, gas-liquid phase equilibrium

CLC Number: 

  • TB612

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