Estimation of the Nitta-Chao Parameters for the ether-group. Ether + n-alkane mixtures

In this work we have estimated the structural and interactional parameters of the ether- group for the group-contribution model of Nitta-Chao using a extensive experimental database of thermodynamic properties of ethers (monoethers, polyethers and acetals) and ether + n-alkane and ether + ether mixtures. The results obtained by Nitta-Chao model with this parameters get closer to the experimental values than those obtained with parameters of Eckart et al. (1986). The thermodynamic properties obtained by the Nitta-Chao model with old and new parameters were compared to predictions by other models such as Flory (1965) theory, DISQUAC (Kehiaian, 1977) model and UNIFAC model (versions of Dang and Tassios, 1986, and Larsen et al., 1987).