GRAPPA—A hybrid graph neural network for predicting pure component vapor pressures

Although the pure component vapor pressure is one of the most important properties for designing chemical processes, no broadly applicable, sufficiently accurate, and open-source prediction method has been available. To overcome this, we have developed GRAPPA — a hybrid graph neural network for predicting vapor pressures of pure components. GRAPPA enables the prediction of the vapor pressure curve of basically any organic molecule, requiring only the molecular structure as input. The new model consists of three parts: A graph attention network for the message passing step, a pooling function that captures long-range interactions, and a prediction head that yields the component-specific parameters of the Antoine equation, from which the vapor pressure can readily and consistently be calculated for any temperature. We have trained and evaluated GRAPPA on experimental vapor pressure data of almost 25,000 pure components. We found excellent prediction accuracy for unseen components, outperforming state-of-the-art group contribution methods and other machine learning approaches in applicability and accuracy. The trained model and its code are fully disclosed, and GRAPPA is directly applicable via the interactive website https://ml-prop.mv.rptu.de/ . • GRAPPA predicts vapor pressures based only on the molecular structure. • GRAPPA outperforms established methods on unseen components in accuracy and scope. • Prediction of Antoine parameters enables seamless integration in process simulation. • The model is fully disclosed and available via an interactive website.