title: Thermodynamic properties of Lennard-Jones chain molecules: renormalization-group corrections to a modified statistical associating fluid theory.
abstract: A modified version of the statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT), the so-called soft-SAFT equation of state (EOS), has been extended by a crossover treatment to take into account the long density fluctuations encountered when the critical region is approached. The procedure, based on White's work from the renormalization group theory [Fluid Phase Equilibria 75, 53 (1992); L. W. Salvino and J. A. White, J. Chem. Phys. 96, 4559 (1992)], is implemented in terms of recursion relations where the density fluctuations are successively incorporated. The crossover soft-SAFT equation provides the correct nonclassical critical exponents when approaching the critical point, and reduces to the original soft-SAFT equation far from the critical region. The accuracy of the global equation is tested by direct comparison with molecular simulation results of Lennard-Jones chains, obtaining very good agreement and clear improvements compared to the original soft-SAFT EOS. Excellent agreement with vapor-liquid equilibrium experimental data inside and outside the critical region for the n-alkane series is also obtained. We provide a set of transferable molecular parameters for this family, unique for the whole range of thermodynamic properties.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, (ICMAB-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Fèlix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Llovell
authors.forename: Josep C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pàmies
authors.forename: Lourdes F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Vega