“…In particular, for succinic acid or succinic derivatives, there is lack of information on phase equilibria in multicomponent systems. Simulations in Aspen Plus ® for methyl succinate production by RD [25], showed that only qualitative trends can be obtained using available thermodynamic parameters. In the case of DES, generalized group contribution methods have been used to calculate activity coefficients in mixtures, but predictions did not agree with experimental data [26,27].…”