The Analysis of the Equilibrium Cluster Structure in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Boris Sedunov

Computer and Information Systems Department, Russian New University (ROSNOU), Moscow, Russia.

DOI: 10.4236/ajac.2012.312A119                

Abstract

The monomer fraction density based analysis of precise thermophysical data for pure fluids is developed to study the molecular structures in supercritical fluids in general and in CO₂ in particular. The series expansion by powers of the monomer fraction density of the potential energy density is used to discover the cluster structure in supercritical fluids and the clusters’ bond energies in CO₂. The method of clusters separation between classes of loose and dense clusters in the CO₂ supercritical fluid is developed. The method of the energetically averaged number of dense clusters is developed to study the mechanism of the soft structural transition between the gas-like and liquid-like fluids in the supercritical CO₂.

Keywords

Real Gas; Supercritical Fluid; Cluster; Bond Energy; Carbon Dioxide

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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