Modeling of Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions with Perturbed-Chain Statistical Associated Fluid Theory

The vapor pressures and liquid densities of single-salt electrolyte solutions containing NaCl, LiCl, KCl, NaBr, LiBr, KBr, NaI, LiI, KI, Li2SO4, Na2SO4, and K2SO4 were modeled with an equation of state based on perturbedchain statistical associated fluid theory (PC-SAFT). The PC-SAFT model was extended to charged compounds using a Debye-Huckel term for the electrostatic interactions. Two model parameters for each ion were fitted to experimental pVT and vapor-pressure data. The model is able to excellently reproduce the experimental data up to high salt molalities and even to predict vapor pressures in mixed-salt solutions.