A new apparatus is presented to measure low partial vapor pressures of acid
gas. New measurements are given for carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide in
to aqueous solutions of methyldiethanolamine (MDEA). Large discrepancies am
ong the measured VLE data and the slopes of their solubility curves are fou
nd between the authors due to systematic experimental errors, and particula
rly in the low acid loading regions. Different modeling approaches are prop
osed herein. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.