P. Marchi

A Reference Multiparameter Thermal Conductivity Equation for Carbon Dioxide with an Optimized Functional Form

A new thermal conductivity equation λ=λ(T,ρ) in a multiparameter format was developed for carbon dioxide through the application of an optimization technique of the functional form. The proposed equation is valid for temperatures from the triple point (Tt=216.592K; Pt=0.51795MPa) to 1000K and pressures up to 200MPa. The calculation of density, which is an independent variable of the equation, from the experimental (T,P) conditions is performed with a high accuracy equation of state for the fluid. The thermal conductivity equation shows an average absolute deviation of 1.19% on the selected 1407 primary data points. Its performances are slightly better than those of the corresponding conventional model by Vesovic et al. [J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 19, 763 (1990)] available from the literature; moreover the new equation is simpler to use in particular for the near-critical region. Tables of generated values of carbon dioxide thermal conductivity are provided for check of the code implementations and for quick...

A Fundamental Equation of State for Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) in Extended Equation of State Format

An innovative method for the regression of thermodynamic properties of pure fluids was recently proposed. The technique, indicated as an extended equation of state, adopts a framework similar to the extended corresponding states method, but a cubic equation is assumed instead of the equation of state of the reference fluid and the shape functions are expressed through a multilayer feedforward neural network. The use of a neural network assures a very high flexibility of the functional form to be regressed, so the resulting model reaches a representation accuracy which is comparable to that attained by the state-of-the-art multiparameter equations of state in the representation of the thermodynamic properties of a pure fluid. The technique was applied here to sulfur hexafluoride aiming at drawing its dedicated equation of state in a heuristic mode directly from the available experimental data. For sulfur hexafluoride (critical point is at Tc=318.7232K and Pc=3.754983MPa), experimental data of several prope...

A Reference Multiparameter Viscosity Equation for R134a with an Optimized Functional Form

A multiparameter viscosity equation for propane, valid in wide temperature and pressure ranges, was developed through an optimization technique for the functional form. The obtained results are very satisfactory, showing an average absolute deviation of 0.28% for the currently available 1024 primary data points. This is a significant improvement with respect to the reference equation available in the literature. As usual, both the development and the evaluation of the viscosity equation requires a highly accurate equation of state in order to convert the independent variables used for the experimental data, in most applications, (T,P), into the independent variables of the viscosity equation, (T,ρ). The heuristic technique used to develop the equation allows to select consistent data sets and thus it is a powerful tool for screening the available experimental data. The present limit for the accuracy achievable in the representation of the viscosity surface of a pure fluid is set by the uncertainty level o...