Ion-based SAFT2 to represent aqueous multiple-salt solutions at ambient and elevated temperatures and pressures

Ion-based SAFT2 is extended to the properties of aqueous multiple-salt solutions at ambient and elevated temperatures and pressures. The short-range interactions between two different cations are allowed to obtain better representations of the solution properties. The adjustable parameter used in the mixing rule for the segment energy is fitted to the experimental osmotic coefficients of two-salt solutions containing one common anion at various temperatures and low pressures. The predictions of the osmotic coefficients, densities, and activity coefficients of multiple-salt solutions including brine/seawater are found to agree with experimental data.