%0 Journal Article %1 Driesner2007 %A Driesner, Thomas %A Heinrich, Christoph A. %D 2007 %J Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta %K 2007 NaCl brine correlation equation-of-state equilibrium %N 20 %P 4880 - 4901 %R 10.1016/j.gca.2006.01.033 %T The system H2O-NaCl. Part I: Correlation formulae for phase relations in temperature-pressure-composition space from 0 to 1000 °C, 0 to 5000 bar, and 0 to 1 XNaCl %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2006.01.033 %V 71 %X Realistic simulations of fluid flow in geologic systems have severely been hampered by the lack of a consistent formulation for fluid properties for binary salt-water fluids over the temperature-pressure-composition ranges encountered in the Earth's crust. As the first of two companion studies, a set of correlations describing the phase stability relations in the system H2O-NaCl is developed. Pure water is described by the IAPS-84 equation of state. New correlations comprise the vapor pressure of halite and molten NaCl, the NaCl melting curve, the composition of halite-saturated liquid and vapor, the pressure of vapor + liquid + halite coexistence, the temperature-pressure and temperature-composition relations for the critical curve, and the compositions of liquid and vapor on the vapor + liquid coexistence surface. The correlations yield accurate values for temperatures from 0 to 1000 °C, pressures from 0 to 5000 bar, and compositions from 0 to 1 XNaCl (mole fraction of NaCl). To facilitate their use in fluid flow simulations, the correlations are entirely formulated as functions of temperature, pressure and composition.

@article{Driesner2007, abstract = {Realistic simulations of fluid flow in geologic systems have severely been hampered by the lack of a consistent formulation for fluid properties for binary salt-water fluids over the temperature-pressure-composition ranges encountered in the Earth's crust. As the first of two companion studies, a set of correlations describing the phase stability relations in the system H2O-NaCl is developed. Pure water is described by the IAPS-84 equation of state. New correlations comprise the vapor pressure of halite and molten NaCl, the NaCl melting curve, the composition of halite-saturated liquid and vapor, the pressure of vapor + liquid + halite coexistence, the temperature-pressure and temperature-composition relations for the critical curve, and the compositions of liquid and vapor on the vapor + liquid coexistence surface. The correlations yield accurate values for temperatures from 0 to 1000 °C, pressures from 0 to 5000 bar, and compositions from 0 to 1 XNaCl (mole fraction of NaCl). To facilitate their use in fluid flow simulations, the correlations are entirely formulated as functions of temperature, pressure and composition.}, added-at = {2011-01-19T18:05:49.000+0100}, author = {Driesner, Thomas and Heinrich, Christoph A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21a2762b6da387b3d8835bd15313511bb/thorade}, doi = {10.1016/j.gca.2006.01.033}, interhash = {c339fc2deaed9ba97bcf79eb0d89d64d}, intrahash = {1a2762b6da387b3d8835bd15313511bb}, issn = {0016-7037}, journal = {Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta}, keywords = {2007 NaCl brine correlation equation-of-state equilibrium}, number = 20, pages = {4880 - 4901}, timestamp = {2012-11-02T19:21:49.000+0100}, title = {The system H2O-NaCl. Part I: Correlation formulae for phase relations in temperature-pressure-composition space from 0 to 1000 °C, 0 to 5000 bar, and 0 to 1 XNaCl}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2006.01.033}, volume = 71, year = 2007 }