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New Features of the Open Source Monte Carlo Software Brick-CFCMC

Thermodynamic Integration and Hybrid Trial Moves

We present several new major features added to the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation code Brick-CFCMC for phase- and reaction equilibria calculations (https://gitlab.com/ETh_TU_Delft/Brick-CFCMC). The first one is thermodynamic integration for the computation of excess chemical pote ...

Corrigendum to “Molecular simulation of the vapor-liquid equilibria of xylene mixtures

Force field performance, and Wolf vs. Ewald for electrostatic Interactions” (Fluid Phase Equilibria (2019) 485 (239–247), (S037838121830503X), (10.1016/j.fluid.2018.12.006))

Vapor-liquid equilibria of xylenes were computed using Monte Carlo simulations in the Gibbs ensemble. For binary mixtures, the predicted composition of the liquid phase is in agreement with experiments. The computed vapor phase densities of each isomer showed an effect on the pre ...

In this paper, we review recent advances in the Continuous Fractional Component Monte Carlo (CFCMC) methodology and present a historic overview of the most important developments that have led to this method. The CFCMC method has gained attention for Monte Carlo simulations of ...

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are considered as green alternatives to room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), due to their lower-cost synthesis and more environmentally friendly nature. In this work, Monte Carlo (MC) simulations have been used to compute the solubilities of CO ...

We introduce an alternative method to perform free energy calculations for mixtures at multiple temperatures and pressures from a single simulation, by combining umbrella sampling and the continuous fractional component Monte Carlo method. One can perform a simulation of a mix ...

Brick-CFCMC

Open Source Software for Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase and Reaction Equilibria Using the Continuous Fractional Component Method

We present a new molecular simulation code, Brick-CFCMC, for performing Monte Carlo simulations using state-of-the-art simulation techniques. The Continuous Fractional Component (CFC) method is implemented for simulations in the NVT/NPT ensembles, the Gibbs Ensemble, the Grand ...

In the past decades, molecular simulation has become an important tool for studying phase and reaction equilibria. In this dissertation, we work on improvements of the Continuous Fractional Component (CFC) method in Monte Carlo simulations. We also develop a software package for ...

The combination of the TraPPE and OPLS/2016 force fields with five water models, TIP3P, SPC/E, OPC, TIP4P/2005 and TIP4P/EW was used to compute mixing enthalpies, excess chemical potentials and activity coefficients of water and methanol. Excess chemical potentials and activit ...

Hydrogen is one of the most popular alternatives for energy storage. Because of its low volumetric energy density, hydrogen should be compressed for practical storage and transportation purposes. Recently, electrochemical hydrogen compressors (EHCs) have been developed that ar ...

The CFCMC simulation methodology considers an expanded ensemble to solve the problem of low insertion/deletion acceptance probabilities in open ensembles. It allows for a direct calculation of the chemical potential by binning of the coupling parameter λ and using the probabil ...

Molecular simulation of the vapor-liquid equilibria of xylene mixtures

Force field performance, and Wolf vs. Ewald for electrostatic interactions

This article explores how well vapor-liquid equilibria of pure components and binary mixtures of xylenes can be predicted using different force fields in molecular simulations. The accuracy of the Wolf method and the Ewald summation is evaluated. Monte Carlo simulations in the ...

An alternative method for calculating partial molar excess enthalpies and partial molar volumes of components in Monte Carlo (MC) simulations is developed. This method combines the original idea of Frenkel, Ciccotti, and co-workers with the recent continuous fractional compone ...

The applicability of the Wolf method for calculating electrostatic interactions is verified for simulating vapor-liquid equilibria of hydrogen sulfide, methanol, and carbon dioxide. Densities, chemical potentials, and critical properties are obtained with Monte Carlo simulatio ...

A new formulation of the Reaction Ensemble Monte Carlo technique (RxMC) combined with the Continuous Fractional Component Monte Carlo method is presented. This method is denoted by serial Rx/CFC. The key ingredient is that fractional molecules of either reactants or reaction prod ...