Résumé:
A Real-coded Genetic Algorithm has been used to develop a new correlation
to estimate the enthalpy of vaporization for pure compounds and petroleum
fractions as a function of the normal boiling point and specific gravity. In developing
the correlation 80% of the data was used and the remaining are used
for validation. The results of the proposed correlations are compared to others
in literature. The comparison indicates that the proposed model is simple to
use and more accurate than the most common correlations for predicting the
enthalpy of vaporization of pure compounds and petroleum fractions.