TY - JOUR
T1 - Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of CO2 diffusivity in H2O for a wide range of temperatures and pressures
AU - Moultos, Othonas A.
AU - Tsimpanogiannis, Ioannis N.
AU - Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z.
AU - Economou, Ioannis G.
PY - 2014/5/22
Y1 - 2014/5/22
N2 - Molecular dynamics simulations were employed for the calculation of diffusion coefficients of CO2 in H2O. Various combinations of existing force fields for H2O (SPC, SPC/E, and TIP4P/2005) and CO2 (EPM2 and TraPPE) were tested over a wide range of temperatures (283.15 K < T < 623.15 K) and pressures (0.1 MPa < P < 100.0 MPa). All force-field combinations qualitatively reproduce the trends of the experimental data; however, two specific combinations were found to be more accurate. In particular, at atmospheric pressure, the TIP4P/2005-EPM2 combination was found to perform better for temperatures lower than 323.15 K, while the SPC/E-TraPPE combination was found to perform better at higher temperatures. The pressure dependence of the diffusion coefficient of CO 2 in H2O at constant temperature is shown to be negligible at temperatures lower than 473.15 K, in good agreement with experiments. As temperature increases, the pressure effect becomes substantial. The phenomenon is driven primarily by the higher compressibility of liquid H2O at near-critical conditions. Finally, a simple power-law-type phenomenological equation is proposed to correlate the simulation values; the proposed correlation should be useful for engineering calculations.
AB - Molecular dynamics simulations were employed for the calculation of diffusion coefficients of CO2 in H2O. Various combinations of existing force fields for H2O (SPC, SPC/E, and TIP4P/2005) and CO2 (EPM2 and TraPPE) were tested over a wide range of temperatures (283.15 K < T < 623.15 K) and pressures (0.1 MPa < P < 100.0 MPa). All force-field combinations qualitatively reproduce the trends of the experimental data; however, two specific combinations were found to be more accurate. In particular, at atmospheric pressure, the TIP4P/2005-EPM2 combination was found to perform better for temperatures lower than 323.15 K, while the SPC/E-TraPPE combination was found to perform better at higher temperatures. The pressure dependence of the diffusion coefficient of CO 2 in H2O at constant temperature is shown to be negligible at temperatures lower than 473.15 K, in good agreement with experiments. As temperature increases, the pressure effect becomes substantial. The phenomenon is driven primarily by the higher compressibility of liquid H2O at near-critical conditions. Finally, a simple power-law-type phenomenological equation is proposed to correlate the simulation values; the proposed correlation should be useful for engineering calculations.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp502380r
DO - 10.1021/jp502380r
M3 - Article
C2 - 24749622
AN - SCOPUS:84901377896
VL - 118
SP - 5532
EP - 5541
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
SN - 1089-5647
IS - 20
ER -