title: Group-contribution based property estimation and uncertainty analysis for flammability-related properties.
abstract: This study presents new group contribution (GC) models for the prediction of Lower and Upper Flammability Limits (LFL and UFL), Flash Point (FP) and Auto Ignition Temperature (AIT) of organic chemicals applying the Marrero/Gani (MG) method. Advanced methods for parameter estimation using robust regression and outlier treatment have been applied to achieve high accuracy. Furthermore, linear error propagation based on covariance matrix of estimated parameters was performed. Therefore, every estimated property value of the flammability-related properties is reported together with its corresponding 95%-confidence interval of the prediction. Compared to existing models the developed ones have a higher accuracy, are simple to apply and provide uncertainty information on the calculated prediction. The average relative error and correlation coefficient are 11.5% and 0.99 for LFL, 15.9% and 0.91 for UFL, 2.0% and 0.99 for FP as well as 6.4% and 0.76 for AIT. Moreover, the temperature-dependence of LFL property was studied. A compound specific proportionality constant (K(LFL)) between LFL and temperature is introduced and an MG GC model to estimate K(LFL) is developed. Overall the ability to predict flammability-related properties including the corresponding uncertainty of the prediction can provide important information for a qualitative and quantitative safety-related risk assessment studies.
authors.affiliation: The CAPEC-PROCESS Research Center, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Building 229, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frutiger
authors.affiliation: The CAPEC-PROCESS Research Center, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Building 229, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marcarie
authors.affiliation: The CAPEC-PROCESS Research Center, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Building 229, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abildskov
authors.affiliation: The CAPEC-PROCESS Research Center, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Building 229, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark. Electronic address: gsi@kt.dtu.dk.
authors.forename: Gürkan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sin
keywords: Auto ignition temperature; Flammability limit; Flash point; Group contribution; Uncertainty