Tetrafluoromethane
(R14) and octafluoropropane (R218) are essential
nonflammable refrigerants for mixed-refrigerant Joule Thomson refrigerators.
In this paper, the vapor–liquid equilibrium (VLE) data were
acquired for the R14 + R218 binary mixture from 173.150 to 213.150
K by a vapor-phase single-cycle method. The VLE data were regressed
by the Soave–Redlich–Kwong (SRK) equation of state plus
van der Waals (vdW) mixing rule model (SRK-vdW) and the Soave–Redlich–Kwong
(SRK) equation of state combined with modified Huron–Vidal
first-order (MHV1) mixing rule plus non-random two liquids (NRTL)
activity coefficient model (SRK-MHV1-NRTL). The maximum average absolute
relative deviation of pressure (AARDp) and the maximum
average absolute deviation of vapor-phase mole concentration (AADy) are 2.42% and 0.0019 for the SRK-vdW model, respectively.
A better correlation result was obtained by the SRK-MHV1-NRTL model,
and the maximum AARDp and AADy are
1.04% and 0.0019, respectively. Based on the experimental and calculated
results, a strong non-azeotropic behavior was found.