xy VLE data for methanol/water at 1 atm

Temp (oF) Temp (oC) x (mole f) y (mole f) y_calc Diagonal

212 100 0 0 0 0
209.12 98.4 0.012 0.068 0.164522 0.012
206.42 96.9 0.02 0.121 0.203265 0.02
204.44 95.8 0.026 0.159 0.226586 0.026 VLE for MeOH/H2O system @ 1 atm VLE for MeOH/H2O system @ 1 atm
203.18 95.1 0.033 0.188 0.250089 0.033
Liquid Vapor

y (m ole frac M eOH)

201.38 94.1 0.036 0.215 0.259262 0.036 Equilibrium

197.96 92.2 0.053 0.275 0.304281 0.053 220

1
194 90 0.074 0.356 0.349368 0.074
191.48 88.6 0.087 0.395 0.373577 0.087

Temperature (oF)
210 0.9
188.42 86.9 0.108 0.44 0.408558 0.108
0.8
185.72 85.4 0.129 0.488 0.439742 0.129 200

182.12 83.4 0.164 0.537 0.485687 0.164 0.7

179.6 82 0.191 0.572 0.517318 0.191 190

0.6
174.38 79.1 0.268 0.648 0.595187 0.268
172.58 78.1 0.294 0.666 0.618443 0.294 180
0.5
169.7 76.5 0.352 0.704 0.666301 0.352
167.54 75.3 0.402 0.734 0.703963 0.402 170 0.4
165.56 74.2 0.454 0.76 0.740321 0.454 0.3
160
163.76 73.2 0.502 0.785 0.771772 0.502
161.6 72 0.563 0.812 0.809295 0.563 0.2
150
159.62 70.9 0.624 0.835 0.844504 0.624 0.1
156.56 69.2 0.717 0.877 0.894496 0.717
140
154.58 68.1 0.79 0.91 0.931129 0.79 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
0
152.96 67.2 0.843 0.93 0.956498 0.843 MeOH Content (mole fraction) 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
152.42 66.9 0.857 0.939 0.963042 0.857 x (m ole frac MeOH)
150.26 65.7 0.938 0.971 0.999729 0.938
149 65 1 1 1.026572 1 y_calc = 1.026572 * x^0.4139722
This is a curve fit via Polymath.
(Curve above is simple connect the dots)

Experimental data from the compilation by Gmehling, J. and Onken, U. 1977. Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data Collection, Dechema, Frankfurt, Germany, vol. 1, p. 60.

from Chemical Engineering Design and Analysis: An Introduction

T. M. Duncan and J. A. Reimer, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Mole fraction of methanol (X) RI
0.1 1.33658
0.2 1.33945
0.3 1.34083
0.4 1.34094
0.5 1.34
0.6 1.33822
0.7 1.33581
0.8 1.33299
0.9 1.33299
1 1.327