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Document type
Journal articles

Document subtype
Full paper

Title
Measurement and Correlation of the Thermal Conductivity of Butane from 135 K to 600 K at Pressures to 70 MPa

Participants in the publication
Richard A. Perkins (Author)
Maria L. V. Ramires (Author)
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA
Carlos A. Nieto de Castro (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
CQE
Laurence Cusco (Author)

Summary
New experimental data for the thermal conductivity of butane are reported that allow improved correlations to be developed. Previous correlations have been limited by a lack of thermal conductivity data for the vapor and compressed liquid at temperatures below 300 K and near the critical point. In addition, significant discrepancies were noted in the high-temperature dilute-gas thermal conductivity. These new experimental data, covering the temperature range from the triple point at 135.86 K to 600 K and the pressure range 0.1 MPa to 70 MPa, are used together with the previously available data to develop improved correlations for the thermal conductivity of butane. The data reported here are estimated to have an uncertainty of ±1% for measurements removed from the critical point and at pressures above 1 MPa, which increases to ±3% in the critical region and ±4% at low pressures (<1 MPa) at a 95% confidence level. The quality of the new data is such that the thermal-conductivity correlation for butane is estimated to have an uncertainty of about 3% at a 95% confidence level, with the exception of state points near the critical point and the dilute gas, where the uncertainty of the correlation increases to 5%.


Institution
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Where published
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data

Publication Identifiers

Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)



Document Identifiers
DOI - https://doi.org/10.1021/je0101202
URL - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/je0101202

Keywords
n-butane Measurement Correlation Thermal conductivity Surface high pressure

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