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 "excerpt": "UNIFAC (UNIQUAC Functional-group Activity Coefficients) is a group-contribution method that predicts activity coefficients and phase equilibria of non-electrolyte liquid mixtures from the functional groups composing the molecules, introduced in 1975.",
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 "markdown": "# UNIFAC\n\nUNIFAC (UNIQUAC Functional-group Activity Coefficients) is a group-contribution method that predicts activity coefficients and phase equilibria of non-electrolyte liquid mixtures from the functional groups composing the molecules. The original method was developed for reliable VLE (vapor-liquid equilibrium, coexisting boiling liquid and vapor) prediction in distillation processes.<sup>[1](https://uol.de/f/5/inst/chemie/ag/tcgme/UNIFAC.pdf)</sup>\n\n| Key fact | Value |\n|---|---|\n| Introduced | Fredenslund, Jones, and Prausnitz, AIChE Journal, 1975 <sup>[2](https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690210607)</sup> |\n| Direct precursor | UNIQUAC equation of Abrams and Prausnitz, AIChE Journal, 1975 <sup>[3](https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690210115)</sup> |\n| Group structure (UNIFAC 1.0) | 54 main groups subdivided into 113 subgroups <sup>[4](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.158667)</sup> |\n| Adjustable parameters | Two interaction parameters per pair of main groups, plus size and surface parameters per subgroup <sup>[2](https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690210607)</sup> |\n| VLE accuracy (2200 data sets) | Mean deviations 0.0141 in vapor mole fraction, 1.06 K, 12.56 mm Hg (original); 0.0088, 0.68 K, 6.55 mm Hg (modified Dortmund) <sup>[5](https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac199365050919/pdf)</sup> |\n| Temperature range | Roughly 275–425 K at low pressure; sources differ on the lower bound (300–425 K in the 1977 monograph) <sup>[6](https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9780444601506_A23669266/preview-9780444601506_A23669266.pdf)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://docs.mqs.dk/sections/section_009_stat_thermodyn_UNIFAC/)</sup> |\n| Availability | Aspen Plus, CHEMCAD, gPROMS, Pro/II, ProSim, and other commercial simulators <sup>[8](https://unifac.ddbst.com/files/unifac/pdf/Bros2025.pdf)</sup> |\n\n## How it works\n\nUNIFAC treats a liquid mixture as a solution of structural units rather than a solution of whole molecules: each molecule is decomposed into subgroups such as CH2 or CH3, and the activity coefficient is assembled from group contributions.<sup>[9](https://wwwcourses.sens.buffalo.edu/ce407/notes/ce407_notes_Smith_etal_2018_Appendix_G.pdf)</sup> The method combines this solution-of-groups concept with the [UNIQUAC](https://www.edgepedia.org/uniquac) activity-coefficient model, an extension of Guggenheim's quasi-chemical theory of liquid mixtures.<sup>[2](https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690210607)</sup>\n\nThe dimensionless excess Gibbs energy \\( g \\equiv G^{E}/RT \\) is split into a combinatorial term \\( g^{C} \\), accounting for molecular size and shape, and a residual term \\( g^{R} \\), accounting for energetic interactions, so that \\( g \\equiv g^{C} + g^{R} \\).<sup>[9](https://wwwcourses.sens.buffalo.edu/ce407/notes/ce407_notes_Smith_etal_2018_Appendix_G.pdf)</sup> The activity coefficient follows the same split:\n\n\\[ \\ln \\gamma_{i} = \\ln \\gamma_{i}^{C} + \\ln \\gamma_{i}^{R} \\]\n\nwith the residual part summing group activity coefficient differences weighted by the group occurrences \\( \\nu_{k}^{(i)} \\).<sup>[7](https://docs.mqs.dk/sections/section_009_stat_thermodyn_UNIFAC/)</sup> Molecular parameters are built from group values as \\( r_{i} = \\sum_{k} \\nu_{k}^{(i)} R_{k} \\) and \\( q_{i} = \\sum_{k} \\nu_{k}^{(i)} Q_{k} \\), where \\( R_{k} \\) and \\( Q_{k} \\) are the subgroup relative volume and relative surface area.<sup>[9](https://wwwcourses.sens.buffalo.edu/ce407/notes/ce407_notes_Smith_etal_2018_Appendix_G.pdf)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[10](https://thermotools.github.io/thermopack/memo/UNIFAC/unifac.pdf)</sup> Group interactions enter through the psi function\n\n\\[ \\Psi_{mn} = \\exp\\left(-\\frac{a_{mn}}{T}\\right) \\]\n\nwith \\( a_{mn} \\) in kelvins, one pair of parameters per pair of main groups.<sup>[7](https://docs.mqs.dk/sections/section_009_stat_thermodyn_UNIFAC/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[9](https://wwwcourses.sens.buffalo.edu/ce407/notes/ce407_notes_Smith_etal_2018_Appendix_G.pdf)</sup> Because interactions are defined between groups, a multicomponent mixture needs no ternary or higher parameters, a property inherited from UNIQUAC.<sup>[3](https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690210115)</sup>\n\n## How it is done\n\nA calculation proceeds in three steps. First, each molecule is decomposed into subgroups, giving the occurrences \\( \\nu_{k}^{(i)} \\); the Ansys implementation, for example, works with 50 main groups and 108 secondary groups.<sup>[11](https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/public/Views/Secured/corp/v252/en/reaction_util/i65014565701455861456.html)</sup> Second, the subgroup \\( R_{k} \\) and \\( Q_{k} \\) values and the main-group interaction parameters are looked up in the chosen parameter table; NIST's Thermodynamics Research Center implementation computes \\( \\Psi_{ij} \\) from the published tables.<sup>[12](https://trc.nist.gov/TDE/Help/TDE103b/Model_Fitting_Control_Center/Activity_Coefficient_Model_Fitting/Activity_Coeff_Models_%28Binaries%29/DETAILS-AC-UNIFAC.htm)</sup> Third, the combinatorial and residual contributions are evaluated and combined.<sup>[12](https://trc.nist.gov/TDE/Help/TDE103b/Model_Fitting_Control_Center/Activity_Coefficient_Model_Fitting/Activity_Coeff_Models_%28Binaries%29/DETAILS-AC-UNIFAC.htm)</sup>\n\n## Origin\n\nThe solution-of-groups concept was introduced by G. M. Wilson and C. H. Deal in 1962.<sup>[13](https://doi.org/10.1021/i160001a003)</sup> The UNIQUAC equation, UNIFAC's direct precursor, was introduced by Denis S. Abrams and [John M. Prausnitz](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-m-prausnitz) in AIChE Journal in 1975.<sup>[3](https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690210115)</sup> According to the 1977 monograph by the method's authors, Aage Fredenslund joined Russell Jones in Berkeley to build the group-contribution model, and an early version of UNIFAC was published in 1975.<sup>[6](https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9780444601506_A23669266/preview-9780444601506_A23669266.pdf)</sup> The introducing paper is Fredenslund, Jones, and Prausnitz, AIChE Journal, 1975.<sup>[2](https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690210607)</sup> The systematic data-reduction effort that produced the parameter tables was carried out by Fredenslund and Peter Rasmussen at Lyngby, Denmark, and by Jürgen Gmehling at Dortmund, Germany <sup>[6](https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9780444601506_A23669266/preview-9780444601506_A23669266.pdf)</sup>, and the first monograph, using the Dortmund Data Bank for parameter determination, appeared in 1977.<sup>[14](https://shop.elsevier.com/books/vapor-liquid-equilibria-using-unifac/fredenslund/978-0-444-41621-6)</sup>\n\n## Variants\n\nThe original parameter set was revised repeatedly: a second revision and extension <sup>[15](https://doi.org/10.1021/i200016a021)</sup>, the fifth revision, which fixed the temperature-independent original tables still widely used <sup>[16](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00058a017)</sup>, and the sixth revision.<sup>[17](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie020506l)</sup>\n\n**Modified UNIFAC (Dortmund)** was introduced by Ulrich Weidlich and Jürgen Gmehling in 1987.<sup>[18](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00067a018)</sup> It changes the model in three ways: the combinatorial term gains a 3/4 exponent in the volume fraction; \\( R_{k} \\) and \\( Q_{k} \\), fixed to Bondi values in original UNIFAC, become adjustable parameters; and the residual energy parameter becomes temperature-dependent through \\( a_{mn} \\), \\( b_{mn} \\), and \\( c_{mn} \\) fitted simultaneously to VLE, heats of mixing, and infinite-dilution activity coefficient data.<sup>[19](https://www.scielo.br/j/bjce/a/3bvcqrkbtTRTs4DVJNJTBJK/?lang=en)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac199365050919/pdf)</sup> The motivation was that original UNIFAC, fitted almost exclusively to VLE data, cannot describe VLE and excess enthalpies simultaneously, so the Gibbs-Helmholtz temperature dependence of the activity coefficient is wrong.<sup>[20](https://pubs.acs.org/iecred/article/40/3/957/3805148/From-UNIFAC-to-Modified-UNIFAC-Dortmund)</sup> A second Dortmund parameter-matrix paper followed in 1993.<sup>[21](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00013a024)</sup>\n\n**Modified UNIFAC (Lyngby)**, a second modified variant, was introduced by Bent L. Larsen, Peter Rasmussen, and Aage Fredenslund in 1987 for phase equilibria and heats of mixing <sup>[22](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00071a018)</sup>; published comparisons show Dortmund giving lower VLE deviations than Lyngby.<sup>[1](https://uol.de/f/5/inst/chemie/ag/tcgme/UNIFAC.pdf)</sup>\n\nFor supercritical components, UNIFAC excess Gibbs energy mixing rules are combined with equations of state: PSRK, introduced by T. Holderbaum and J. Gmehling in 1991, combines the Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation with original UNIFAC <sup>[23](https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3812%2891%2985038-v)</sup>, and UMR-PR, introduced by Voutsas, Magoulas, and Tassios in 2004, applies UNIFAC mixing rules with a volume-translated Peng-Robinson equation of state.<sup>[24](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie049580p)</sup>\n\n**UNIFAC 2.0** was introduced by Nicolas Hayer, Thorsten Wendel, Stephan Mandt, Hans Hasse, and Fabian Jirasek in 2024.<sup>[4](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.158667)</sup> It keeps the physical UNIFAC framework and embeds a machine-learning matrix completion method inside it, so the full parameter table can be dropped into existing software by updating parameter tables alone, and end-to-end training to new experimental data can be automated.<sup>[4](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.158667)</sup>\n\n## Applications\n\nDocumented uses include separation process synthesis and design, selective solvent selection for extractive distillation and extraction, flash point estimation, and environmental fate assessment through the octanol-water partition coefficient (KOW).<sup>[1](https://uol.de/f/5/inst/chemie/ag/tcgme/UNIFAC.pdf)</sup> UNIFAC, modified UNIFAC (Dortmund), PSRK, and VTPR are available in most commercial process simulators, including [Aspen Plus](https://www.edgepedia.org/aspen-plus), CHEMCAD, gPROMS, Pro/II, and ProSim.<sup>[8](https://unifac.ddbst.com/files/unifac/pdf/Bros2025.pdf)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[25](https://unifac.ddbst.com/unifac_.html)</sup>\n\n## Limitations and alternatives\n\nOn 2200 thermodynamically consistent VLE data sets, original UNIFAC gives mean deviations of 0.0141 in vapor mole fraction, 1.06 K, and 12.56 mm Hg; modified UNIFAC gives 0.0088, 0.68 K, and 6.55 mm Hg; and a direct UNIQUAC fit to the same data gives 0.0058, 0.42 K, and 4.14 mm Hg.<sup>[5](https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac199365050919/pdf)</sup>\n\nKnown failure modes follow from the parameter fitting. Original UNIFAC and ASOG were fitted to VLE data covering only the 5–95% concentration range and mostly similar-sized compounds, so infinite-dilution activity coefficients and excess enthalpies are poorly predicted.<sup>[5](https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac199365050919/pdf)</sup> Because over 95% of heats-of-mixing data were measured between 283 and 323 K, extrapolation outside roughly 273–398 K can give erroneous results.<sup>[5](https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac199365050919/pdf)</sup> UNIFAC does not differentiate isomers and fails for molecules with several functional groups or unusual group arrangements.<sup>[26](https://www.scielo.br/j/bjce/a/GLdCTcQCYLrPvp5Mbf6m8gp/?format=pdf&lang=en)</sup> Some molecules, such as allene, cannot be generated from the group set at all <sup>[11](https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/public/Views/Secured/corp/v252/en/reaction_util/i65014565701455861456.html)</sup>, and a single missing binary group interaction parameter prevents any estimate.<sup>[27](https://www.scm.com/doc.2026/Tutorials/COSMO-RS/Using_Unifac.html)</sup> Standard UNIFAC cannot model ion-ion interactions; LIFAC, Extended UNIQUAC, or eNRTL are recommended for electrolytes.<sup>[7](https://docs.mqs.dk/sections/section_009_stat_thermodyn_UNIFAC/)</sup>\n\nCompared with COSMO-based methods, modified UNIFAC (Dortmund) predicted infinite-dilution activity coefficients for 2236 non-hydrogen-bonding binary mixtures (250–450 K, 203 substances) with a mean absolute error of 0.12 ln-units versus 0.22 for a recalibrated COSMO-SAC; but for the 38 multifunctional substances the ranking reversed, with UNIFAC at 0.44 and COSMO-SAC at 0.20 ln-units.<sup>[26](https://www.scielo.br/j/bjce/a/GLdCTcQCYLrPvp5Mbf6m8gp/?format=pdf&lang=en)</sup> For VLE predictions of 11 binary systems, the correlative NRTL and UNIQUAC models with optimized parameters were the most reliable, outperforming the Wilson model.<sup>[28](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378381218300645)</sup>\n\nThe persistent problem is parameter gaps: \\( Q_{k} \\) and \\( R_{k} \\) exist for all 113 subgroups, but group interaction parameters between the 54 main groups remain incomplete.<sup>[4](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.158667)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[29](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/cp/d2cp04478a)</sup> NIST reported new modified UNIFAC parameters for 89 main groups and 984 group-group interactions fitted to critically evaluated VLE, LLE, SLE, excess enthalpy, infinite-dilution activity coefficient, and excess heat capacity data.<sup>[30](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378381214007353)</sup> The UNIFAC Consortium, founded in 1996 at the University of Oldenburg and maintained by DDBST since 2011, distributes an AI-assisted matrix, TUC 25 – Mod. UNIFAC ML, with 29,524 linear temperature-dependent group interaction parameters for 7,381 group pairs and a planned annual update.<sup>[8](https://unifac.ddbst.com/files/unifac/pdf/Bros2025.pdf)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [Status and Results of the Group Contribution Methods UNIFAC and Modified UNIFAC (Dortmund) (Gmehling et al., Univ. Oldenburg)](https://uol.de/f/5/inst/chemie/ag/tcgme/UNIFAC.pdf)\n2. [Aage Fredenslund, Russell L. Jones, John M. Prausnitz (1975). Group‐contribution estimation of activity coefficients in nonideal liquid mixtures. AIChE Journal.](https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690210607)\n3. [Denis S. Abrams, John M. Prausnitz (1975). Statistical thermodynamics of liquid mixtures: A new expression for the excess Gibbs energy of partly or completely miscible systems. AIChE Journal.](https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690210115)\n4. [Nicolas Hayer and colleagues (2024). Advancing thermodynamic group-contribution methods by machine learning: UNIFAC 2.0. Chemical Engineering Journal.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.158667)\n5. [Status and results of group contribution methods (Gmehling, Fischer, Li, Schiller, Pure Appl. Chem. 65(5), 1993)](https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1351/pac199365050919/pdf)\n6. [Vapor-Liquid Equilibria Using UNIFAC (1977 monograph, preface and Chapter 1)](https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9780444601506_A23669266/preview-9780444601506_A23669266.pdf)\n7. [Statistical Thermodynamics UNIFAC - Cebule Docs](https://docs.mqs.dk/sections/section_009_stat_thermodyn_UNIFAC/)\n8. [The UNIFAC Consortium (DDBST) brochure, 2025](https://unifac.ddbst.com/files/unifac/pdf/Bros2025.pdf)\n9. [Smith, Van Ness, Abbott, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Appendix G: UNIFAC Method](https://wwwcourses.sens.buffalo.edu/ce407/notes/ce407_notes_Smith_etal_2018_Appendix_G.pdf)\n10. [Thermotools memo: UNIFAC group contribution model](https://thermotools.github.io/thermopack/memo/UNIFAC/unifac.pdf)\n11. [Ansys documentation: UNIFAC Activity Coefficients (50 main and 108 secondary groups)](https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/public/Views/Secured/corp/v252/en/reaction_util/i65014565701455861456.html)\n12. [DETAILS AC UNIFAC (trc.nist.gov)](https://trc.nist.gov/TDE/Help/TDE103b/Model_Fitting_Control_Center/Activity_Coefficient_Model_Fitting/Activity_Coeff_Models_%28Binaries%29/DETAILS-AC-UNIFAC.htm)\n13. [G. M. Wilson, C. H. Deal (1962). Activity Coefficients and Molecular Structure. Activity Coefficients in Changing Environments-Solutions of Groups. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Fundamentals.](https://doi.org/10.1021/i160001a003)\n14. [Vapor-Liquid Equilibria Using UNIFAC: A Group-Contribution Method, 1st Edition (Elsevier)](https://shop.elsevier.com/books/vapor-liquid-equilibria-using-unifac/fredenslund/978-0-444-41621-6)\n15. [Juergen Gmehling, Peter Rasmussen, Aage Fredenslund (1982). Vapor-liquid equilibriums by UNIFAC group contribution. Revision and extension. 2. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development.](https://doi.org/10.1021/i200016a021)\n16. [Henrik K. Hansen and colleagues (1991). Vapor-liquid equilibria by UNIFAC group contribution. 5. Revision and extension. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00058a017)\n17. [Roland Wittig, Jürgen Lohmann, Jürgen Gmehling (2002). Vapor−Liquid Equilibria by UNIFAC Group Contribution. 6. Revision and Extension. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie020506l)\n18. [Ulrich Weidlich, Juergen Gmehling (1987). A modified UNIFAC model. 1. Prediction of VLE, hE, and .gamma..infin.. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00067a018)\n19. [Prediction of electrolyte vapor-liquid equilibrium by UNIFAC-Dortmund](https://www.scielo.br/j/bjce/a/3bvcqrkbtTRTs4DVJNJTBJK/?lang=en)\n20. [From UNIFAC to Modified UNIFAC (Dortmund)](https://pubs.acs.org/iecred/article/40/3/957/3805148/From-UNIFAC-to-Modified-UNIFAC-Dortmund)\n21. [Juergen Gmehling, Jiding Li, Martin Schiller (1993). A modified UNIFAC model. 2. Present parameter matrix and results for different thermodynamic properties. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00013a024)\n22. [Bent L. Larsen, Peter Rasmussen, Aage Fredenslund (1987). A modified UNIFAC group-contribution model for prediction of phase equilibria and heats of mixing. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00071a018)\n23. [PSRK: A Group Contribution Equation of State Based on UNIFAC (Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1991)](https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3812%2891%2985038-v)\n24. [Epaminondas Voutsas, Kostis Magoulas, Dimitrios Tassios (2004). Universal Mixing Rule for Cubic Equations of State Applicable to Symmetric and Asymmetric Systems: Results with the Peng−Robinson Equation of State. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.](https://doi.org/10.1021/ie049580p)\n25. [UNIFAC, TUC (DDBST consortium page)](https://unifac.ddbst.com/unifac_.html)\n26. [Assessing the reliability of predictive activity coefficient models for molecules consisting of several functional groups (Braz. J. Chem. Eng.)](https://www.scielo.br/j/bjce/a/GLdCTcQCYLrPvp5Mbf6m8gp/?format=pdf&lang=en)\n27. [Using the UNIFAC program - Tutorials 2026.1 documentation](https://www.scm.com/doc.2026/Tutorials/COSMO-RS/Using_Unifac.html)\n28. [From Wilson to F-SAC: A comparative analysis of correlative and predictive activity coefficient models to determine VLE and IDAC of binary systems](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378381218300645)\n29. [Prediction of parameters of group contribution models of mixtures by matrix completion](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/cp/d2cp04478a)\n30. [New modified UNIFAC parameters using critically evaluated phase equilibrium data](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378381214007353)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Physical world and mathematics › Chemistry › Chemical principles and methods › Thermodynamics and equilibrium › Chemical thermodynamics and thermochemistry*\n\n*Initially written Sep 29, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 30, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026 · Last review: Sep 30, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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