Measurements and correlations of isothermal (vapour + liquid) equilibrium for the {isobutane (R600a) + cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze(Z))} system at temperatures from (303.150 to 353.150) K

• The VLE data for isobutane + cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene system were presented.
• The experiment was carried out using an apparatus based on the static-analytical method.
• Correlation of VLE data was made using PR-VDW and PR-HV-NRTL models.

In this paper, the (vapour + liquid) phase equilibrium for the (isobutane + cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene) system was measured by the static-analytical method at six temperatures from (303.150 to 353.150) K. The combined standard uncertainties of the temperature, pressure and composition were less than ±5 mK, ±0.0005 MPa and ±0.005, respectively. The experimental results were correlated by means of the Peng–Robison (PR) equation of state (EoS) with Van der Waals (VDW) mixing rule and Huron–Vidal (HV) mixing rule involving the non-random two-liquid (NRTL) activity coefficient model. Good consistency is found by both models. The average absolute relative deviations of pressure are between 0.44% and 0.58% for the PR-VDW model, while the average absolute relative deviations of pressure are between 0.12% and 0.44% for the PR-HV-NRTL model. The average absolute deviations of vapour phase mole fraction lay between 0.007 and 0.008 for the PR-VDW model, while the average absolute deviations of vapour phase mole fraction lay between 0.004 and 0.008 for the PR-HV-NRTL model. The results show that the PR-HV-NRTL model has better performance than that of the PR-VDW model for the binary system. Obviously an azeotropic behaviour can be observed for the system.