Model Selection (VMGThermo)

The figure below provides some guidance on selecting thermodynamic models in the
VMGThermo package. Your best option is to consult an in-house expert familiar with the
process being modeled. In many cases the process is being modeled in a process simulator and
appropriate property models have already been selected.
If this option is not available, consult the figure below.

Phase Models (VMGThermo)

The list of available models as of VMGThermo 5.0 (installed with Xchanger Suite 6.0)
VMG Property Package

Description

VMG Group

Xchanger Suite

Advanced Peng Robinson

Advanced Peng-Robinson

EOS++

Amine

Ethanolamines

Sweet++

Amine2

Ethanolamines

Sweet++

APRD

Advanced Peng-Robinson optimized for dynamic calculations EOS++

EOS++
EOS++

Y
Y

Gas sweetening using hot potassium carbonate solution

Sweet++

Chao-Seader liquid fugacity model

Activity++

Diisopropanol amine

Sweet++

Fatty acid model (edible oils)

FATTY++

Ge Peng Robinson

Gibbs Excess Peng-Robinson

EOS++

GraysonStreed

Grayson-Streed liquid fugacity model

Activity++

HaydenOConnell

Virial Hayden-O'Connell

EOS++

IdealLiquid/Ideal/Chemical

Ideal solution / Chemical methods

Activity++

IdealLiquid/Ideal/HC

Ideal solution / HC methods

Activity++

Margules/Ideal/Chemical

Margules 3 suffix / Chemical methods

Activity++

Margules/Ideal/HC

Margules 3 suffix / HC methods

Activity++

Margules4/Ideal/Chemical

Margules 4 suffix / Chemical methods

Activity++

Margules4/Ideal/HC

Margules 4 suffix / HC methods

Activity++

MargulesSour

API sour water model for NH3, CO2, H2S

Activity++

APRLK
APRNGL
Benfield
BWR
BWRS
ChaoSeader
Claus
DIPA
ESRK
FATTY
GasWater
GasWaterMK2

IdealGasDimer

Kalina
LK
LKP

VMG Property Package

Description

VMG Group

Xchanger Suite

MargulesU5

Prototype for UREA++, do not use

Activity++

MaxwellBonell

Ideal solution using Maxwell-Bonell vapor pressures

Activity++

MDEA

Gas sweetening using methyl dietthanol amine solution

Sweet++

NGLPR

Natural Gas Liquids Peng-Robinson

EOS++

NRTL/Ideal/Chemical

Non random two liquid / HC methods

Activity++

NRTL/Ideal/HC

Non random two liquid / Chemical methods

Activity++

Peng-Robinson

Peng-Robinson

EOS++

PSRK

Predictive Soave-Redlich-Kwong

EOS++

API version of Soave-Redlich-Kwong

EOS++

RK

Redlich-Kwong

EOS++

S2

Sulfuric++ most current release

SULFURIC++

Sour

Outdated sour water package, use MargulesSour

Activity++

SRK

Soave-Redlich-Kwong

EOS++

Steam95

Extended NIST Steam Tables

EOS++

SULFURIC++

Sulfuric acid process model

SULFURIC++

TKWilson/Ideal/Chemical

Tsuboka-Katayama-Wilson / Chemical

Activity++

TKWilson/Ideal/HC

Tsuboka-Katayama-Wilson / HC methods

Activity++

UNIFAC/Ideal/Chemical

UNIFAC / Chemical methods

Activity++

UNIFAC/Ideal/HC

UNIFAC / HC methods

Activity++

UNIQUAC/Ideal

Universal Quasi-Chemical Activity Coefficients

Activity++

UNIQUAC/Ideal/Chemical

Universal Quasi-Chemical Activity Coefficients / Chemical

methods

Activity++

UNIQUAC/Ideal/HC

Universal Quasi-Chemical Activity Coefficients / HC methods Activity++

Urea40

UREA++ 4.0, do not use

UREA++

Urea50

UREA++ 5.0 for high pressures

UREA++

Urea50LM

UREA++ 5.0 for low/medium pressures

UREA++

MSKRKExp

PhysicalSolvent
RefineryAPR
RefinerySRK
RefinerySRKLK

TRAPP

VMG Property Package

Description

VMG Group

Xchanger Suite

Urea6

UREA++ 6.0, under development, do not use

UREA++

vanLaar/Ideal/Chemical

Monsanto vanLaar / Chemical methods

Activity++

vanLaar/Ideal/HC

Monsanto vanLaar / HC methods

Activity++

Wilson/Ideal/Chemical

Wilson activity coefficients / Chemical methods

Activity++

Wilson/Ideal/HC

Wilson activity coefficients / HC methods

Activity++

ZSRK

SRK optimized for sour natural gas compressibility

calculations

EOS++

VMGNRTLExtraction