Development of kinetic Monte Carlo and Bin-Monte Carlo schemes for simulation of mixtures - vapor-liquid equilibria & adsorption

We describe algorithms for the recently developed Bin-Monte Carlo (Bin-MC) method (Fan et al., 2012) and kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) (Ustinov and Do, 2012) to simulate binary liquid mixtures, and compare them with simulations of vapour-liquid equilibria from the canonical and Gibbs MC methods. We have...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, V., Fan, Chunyan, Razak, M., Do, D., Nicholson, D., Ustinov, E.
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Published: Pergamon 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55632
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author Nguyen, V.
Fan, Chunyan
Razak, M.
Do, D.
Nicholson, D.
Ustinov, E.
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Fan, Chunyan
Razak, M.
Do, D.
Nicholson, D.
Ustinov, E.
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description We describe algorithms for the recently developed Bin-Monte Carlo (Bin-MC) method (Fan et al., 2012) and kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) (Ustinov and Do, 2012) to simulate binary liquid mixtures, and compare them with simulations of vapour-liquid equilibria from the canonical and Gibbs MC methods. We have found that in kMC, the rule to choose a molecule to move rests purely on the mobility, irrespective of molecular weight. In the Bin-MC, the choice of a molecule to move from one bin to another bin depends on the selection of a component with equal probability. Our simulations show that the Bin-MC and kMC schemes are very effective for the purpose of describing thermodynamic properties and density profiles across the vapour-liquid interface, and show that the Lorentz-Berthelot (LB) mixing rule works well for subcritical systems, and to improve the description of systems having one component under supercritical condition the cross collision diameter and the cross well depth have to be modified from the LB mixing rules, which is in agreement with previous studies (for example, (Wu and Sadus, 2000)). The benefits of the kMC scheme for the direct determination of chemical potential were also demonstrated with a study of adsorption of an argon-krypton mixture on graphite. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-556322017-09-13T16:10:17Z Development of kinetic Monte Carlo and Bin-Monte Carlo schemes for simulation of mixtures - vapor-liquid equilibria & adsorption Nguyen, V. Fan, Chunyan Razak, M. Do, D. Nicholson, D. Ustinov, E. We describe algorithms for the recently developed Bin-Monte Carlo (Bin-MC) method (Fan et al., 2012) and kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) (Ustinov and Do, 2012) to simulate binary liquid mixtures, and compare them with simulations of vapour-liquid equilibria from the canonical and Gibbs MC methods. We have found that in kMC, the rule to choose a molecule to move rests purely on the mobility, irrespective of molecular weight. In the Bin-MC, the choice of a molecule to move from one bin to another bin depends on the selection of a component with equal probability. Our simulations show that the Bin-MC and kMC schemes are very effective for the purpose of describing thermodynamic properties and density profiles across the vapour-liquid interface, and show that the Lorentz-Berthelot (LB) mixing rule works well for subcritical systems, and to improve the description of systems having one component under supercritical condition the cross collision diameter and the cross well depth have to be modified from the LB mixing rules, which is in agreement with previous studies (for example, (Wu and Sadus, 2000)). The benefits of the kMC scheme for the direct determination of chemical potential were also demonstrated with a study of adsorption of an argon-krypton mixture on graphite. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55632 10.1016/j.ces.2013.07.041 Pergamon restricted
spellingShingle Nguyen, V.
Fan, Chunyan
Razak, M.
Do, D.
Nicholson, D.
Ustinov, E.
Development of kinetic Monte Carlo and Bin-Monte Carlo schemes for simulation of mixtures - vapor-liquid equilibria & adsorption
title Development of kinetic Monte Carlo and Bin-Monte Carlo schemes for simulation of mixtures - vapor-liquid equilibria & adsorption
title_full Development of kinetic Monte Carlo and Bin-Monte Carlo schemes for simulation of mixtures - vapor-liquid equilibria & adsorption
title_fullStr Development of kinetic Monte Carlo and Bin-Monte Carlo schemes for simulation of mixtures - vapor-liquid equilibria & adsorption
title_full_unstemmed Development of kinetic Monte Carlo and Bin-Monte Carlo schemes for simulation of mixtures - vapor-liquid equilibria & adsorption
title_short Development of kinetic Monte Carlo and Bin-Monte Carlo schemes for simulation of mixtures - vapor-liquid equilibria & adsorption
title_sort development of kinetic monte carlo and bin-monte carlo schemes for simulation of mixtures - vapor-liquid equilibria & adsorption
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55632