Velocity of sound in supercritical water up to 700°C and 300 MPa

The velocity of sound in water was measured up to 700°C and 300 MPa. A classical pulse method has been used. The frequency was typically 5 MHz. The mean accuracy of the data is 0.5% of the velocity. The greatest error in velocity is due to the uncertainty in the temperature measurements at high pressures.     

p,V, T and derived thermodynamic data for bromobenzene at temperatures from 278 to 323 K and pressures up to 280 MPa

Experimentally determined p, V, T data are reported for bromobenzene at 278, 288, 298, 313, and 323 K, at pressures up to about 280 MPa or (at 278 and 288 K) a lower pressure slightly below the freezing pressure at the temperature of measurement. Values of the isobaric expansivity, isothermal compressibility, internal pressure, and equivalent hard-sphere diameter, derived from the p, V, T data, are presented.On leave from the Department of Chemistry, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.     

PVT measurements of liquid ethanol in the temperature range from 310 to 363 k at pressures up to 200 MPa

Density measurements in the compressed liquid phase for ethanol were performed with a metal-bellows variable volumometer for temperatures between 310 and 363 K at pressures from the vapor pressure to 200 MPa. The results cover the high-density region from 737 to 882 kg m_–3. The experimental uncertainties (total errors) of temperature, pressure, and density were estimated to be no greater than 3 mK, 0.1 %, and 0.1 %, respectively. Measurements of saturated liquid density at temperatures of 310, 340, and 360 K are also reported.Paper presented at the Twelfth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 19–24, 1994, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.     

PVT and derived thermodynamic properties for the glycine-water system at temperatures from 298 to 323 K and pressures up to 300 MPa

The specific volumes for the glycine-water system have been measured in the temperature range 298–323 K and at pressures up to 300 MPa, using a glass piezometer. The uncertainties in the specific volume are estimated to be less than 0.03%. The PVT relations are correlated by the Tait equation. Good agreement was found with correlations by the Tait equation using a simple extension similar to that proposed by Dymond and Malhotra. The isothermal compressibility and apparent molar volume of glycine are calculated by the Tait equation. The apparent molar volume of glycine increases with increasing pressure.Paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.     

Volume ratios for n-pentane in the temperature range 278–338 K and at pressures up to 280 MPa

Volume ratios (V _P/V _0.1), and isothermal compressibilities calculated from them, are reported for n-pentane for seven temperatures in the range 278 to 338 K for pressures up to 280 MPa. The isobaric measurements were made with a bellows volumometer for which a novel technique had to be devised to enable measurements to be made above the normal boiling point (309.3 K). The accuracy of the volume ratios is estimated to be ±0.05 to 0.1% up to 303.15 K and ±0.1 to 0.2% from 313.15 to 338.15 K. The volume ratios are in good agreement with those calculated from recent literature data up to the maximum pressure of the latter, viz., 60 MPa.     

Experimental Measurements of the Speed of Sound in n-Hexane from 293 to 373 K and up to 150 MPa

Speed-of-sound measurements were performed at pressures up to 150 MPa in the temperature range from 293 to 373 K on n-hexane in the liquid state. Theses data were then used to evaluate the isentropic and isothermal compressibility in the same range of pressures and temperatures. The speed-of-sound measurements, as well as the related compressibility coefficients, compare very well with the values calculated from the correlation of Randzio et al. Volumetric properties also compare very well with the direct measurements reported in the standard reference data tables.     

A vibrating tube flow densitometer for measurements with corrosive solutions at temperatures up to 723 K and pressures up to 40 MPa

A new version of a vibrating tube flow densitometer has been designed permitting measurements of density differences between two fluids in the temperature range from 298 to 723 K and at pressures up to 40 MPa. The instrument is equipped with a Pt/Rh20 vibrating tube (1.6-mm o.d.) and a Pt/Rh10 transporting tube (1.2-mm o.d.) permitting measurements with highly corrosive liquids. The period of oscillation of the tube is about 7.5 ms, with a typical stability better than 10⁻⁴% over about a 1-h period over the entire temperature interval. The calibration constantK at room temperature is about 530 kg·m⁻³·ms⁻², with a temperature coefficient of approximately −0.13kg·m⁻³·ms⁻²·K⁻¹, and is practically pressure independent. It can be determined by calibration with a reproducibility generally better than 0.1%. The instrument was tested with NaCl(aq) solutions in the temperature range from 373 to 690 K for density differences between sample and reference liquid ranging from 200 to 2 kg·m⁻³; the corresponding errors are believed to be below 0.3 and 5%, respectively. A highly automated temperature control maintains the temperature of the tube stable to within ±0.02 K.     

Thermodynamic Properties of Air from 60 to 2000 K at Pressures up to 2000 MPa

A thermodynamic property formulation for standard dry air based upon experimental P––T, heat capacity, and speed of sound data and predicted values, which extends the range of prior formulations to higher pressures and temperatures, is presented. This formulation is valid for temperatures from the solidification temperature at the bubble point curve (59.75 K) to 2000 K at pressures up to 2000 MPa. In the absence of experimental air data above 873 K and 70 MPa, air properties were predicted from nitrogen data. These values were included in the fit to extend the range of the fundamental equation. Experimental shock tube measurements ensure reasonable extrapolated properties up to temperatures and pressures of 5000 K and 28 GPa. In the range from the solidification point to 873 K at pressures to 70 MPa, the estimated uncertainty of density values calculated with the fundamental equation for the vapor is ±0.1%. The uncertainty in calculated liquid densities is ±0.2%. The estimated uncertainty of calculated heat capacities is ±1% and that for calculated speed of sound values is ±0.2%. At temperatures above 873 K and 70 MPa, the estimated uncertainty of calculated density values is ±0.5%, increasing to ±1% at 2000 K and 2000 MPa.     

Accurate measurements of the PVT properties of methane from —20 to 150 °C and to 690 MPa

The density of methane has been measured in the temperature range -20 to 150°C and in the pressure range 130–690 MPa, using a substitution method. The overall uncertainty in the results of 0.03% at the 95% confidence level. The data are presented in the form of a modified Benedict-Webb-Rubin equation of state and are compared with the results of other workers.     

A new,accurate single-sinker densitometer for temperatures from 233 to 523 K at pressures up to 30 MPa

A new apparatus for density measurements of fluids in the entire range from gas to liquid densities is presented. The instrument is a single-sinker buoyancy densitometer designed in a completely new way. The buoyancy force exerted by the sample fluid on an immersed sinker (buoy) is transferred by a new type of magnetic suspension coupling to an analytical balance. In order to reduce drastically the linearity error of the (commercial) balance. a special basic load compensation is applied which also avoids any buoyancy ellèct of the laboratory air on the balance. The new single-sinker densitometer covers a density range from 10 to 200(1 kg - m ' at temperatures from 233 to 523 K and pressures up to 30 MPa. A special compact version of such a single-sinker densitometer can even he used at temperatures from 80 to 523 K at pressures up to 100 MPa. Test measurements on densities of carbon dioxide at 233, 360, and 523 K at pressures up to 30 MPa show that the estimated total uncertainty of ±0.02% to ±0.03% in density is clearly met.Invited paper presented at the Twellth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 19–24, 1994, Boulder, Colorado. U.S.A.Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.     

Thermophysical properties of solid and liquid beryllium

A submillisecond resistive heating technique under high pressure (0.12 GPa) has been used to measure selected thermophysical properties of both solid and liquid beryllium. Data have been obtained between room temperature and 2900 K. Results on enthalpy, volume expansion, electrical resistivity, and sound velocity measurements are presented.Paper presented at the Third Workshop on Subsecond Thermophysics, September 17–18, 1992, Graz, Austria.     

A thermodynamic property formulation for air. I. Single-phase equation of state from 60 to 873 K at pressures to 70 MPa

A revised interim formulation for the thermodynamic properties of air has been developed for calculating properties of the vapor and estimating properties for the liquid at temperatures as low as 60 K. The formulation incorporates separate equations for the calculation of bubble-point and dew-point pressures and densities and for the ideal-gas heat capacity. A new fundamental equation of state is given for vapor and liquid states of air based upon available experimental data and predicted values of isochoric heat capacity for the liquid using corresponding states methods. Procedures for predicting C _v are discussed. The fundamental equation for air is explicit in nondimensional Helmholtz energy. The terms of the fundamental equation were selected from a larger set of 75 proposed terms using a least-squares fitting procedure. Representative graphical comparisons of calculated property values to experimental measurements are given. The estimated accuracy of calculated densities is generally ± 0.2% except near the dew and bubble lines. Calculated heat capacities for the liquid must be considered only as estimates until substantiated by experimental measurements.Paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.Formerly National Bureau of Standards     

Thermal conductivity and heat capacity of liquid toluene at temperatures between 255 and 400 K and at pressures up to 1000 MPa

The thermal conductivity and heat capacity c _p of liquid toluene have been measured by the ac-heated wire method up to 1000 MPa in the temperature range from 255 to 400 K. The total error of thermal conductivity measurements is estimated to be about 1 %, and the precision 0.3 %. The heat capacity per unit volume, pc _p, obtained directly from the experiment is uncertain within 2 or 3%. The vs p isotherms are found to cross one another at approximately 700 MPa. The minima in the pressure (or volume) dependence of c_p of toluene are evident at all temperatures investigated.     

Determination of the thermodynamic properties of liquid <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-hexadecane from the measurements of the velocity of sound

The density, the isobaric expansion coefficient, the specific heats at constant pressure and constant volume, and the isothermal compressibility coefficient of liquid n-hexadecane have been calculated in the range of temperatures 298–433 K and pressures 0.1–140 MPa from the data on the velocity of sound. The coefficients of the Tate equation in the above parametric range have been determined. The table of the thermodynamic properties of n-hexadecane has been presented. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 150–156, January–February, 2009.     

Determination of thermodynamic properties from the speed of sound

We describe methods by which all of the observable thermodynamic properties of a compressed gas, including the compressibility factor and the isochoric heat capacity, may be determined from sound speed data by numerical integration of a pair of partial differential equations. The technique may be employed over a wide range of conditions. Initial values are required. but we demonstrate that values specified on an isotherm close to the critical temperature are sufficient for application of the method to the entire homogeneous fluid region at subcritical densities. The method may also be extended to higher densities at temperatures above the critical. The effects of errors in both the initial values and the speed of sound are examined in detail by means of analytic and numerical results. The results indicate that all of the observable thermodynamic properties may be obtained with an uncertainty equal to or less than that achievable by the best available alternative techniques.Paper presented at the Twelfth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 19–24. 1994, Boulder, Colorado. U.S.A.     

Thermodynamic properties and excess volumes of 2,2,4-trimethylpentane + n-heptane mixtures from 298 to 338 K for pressures up to 400 MPa

(p, V, T) data for mixtures of 2,2,4-trimethylpentane (TMP) and heptane have been obtained in the form of volume ratios for four temperatures in the range 298.15 to 338.15 K for pressures up to 390 MPa. The data have been represented by the Tait equation of state for the purposes of interpolation and extrapolation. The atmospheric pressure densities of both pure components and their mixtures for three temperatures have been measured and used to determine the excess molar volumes. Isothermal compressibilities have been evaluated from the volumetric data.     

Measurements of the Thermal Conductivity of HFC-134a in the Temperature Range from 300 to 530 K and at Pressures up to 50 MPa

Measurements of the thermal conductivity of HFC-134a made in a coaxial cylinder cell operating in steady state are reported. The measurements of the thermal conductivity of HFC-134a were performed along several quasi-isotherms between 300 and 530 K in the gas phase and the liquid phase. The pressure ranged from 0.1 to 50 MPa. Based on the experimental data, a background equation is provided to calculate the thermal conductivity outside the critical region as a function of temperature and pressure. A careful analysis of the various sources of errors leads to an estimated uncertainty of ±1.5%.     

Equation of state and thermodynamic properties of saturated and superheated mercury vapors up to 1650 K and 125 MPa

Experimental data on the compressibility, sound velocity, and saturation pressures have been generalized for mercury vapor at densities <3 g/cm² based on the equation of state with the second, third, and fourth virial coefficients. The virial coefficients have been calculated using the three-parameter Lennard-Jones potential m-6. The data have been generalized using the nonlinear weighted least-squares method. The parameters of the models and their enlarged error matrix taking into account random and systematic (in the first approximation) errors of the experimental data have been determined. Tables of thermodynamic properties of the saturated and superheated vapor have been calculated. The enthalpy drop error has been correctly calculated on the isentropic curve of the superheated vapor taking into account covariations of the equation of state parameters.     

Volumetric properties of 1-alkanols at temperatures in the range 298–348 K and pressures up to 40 MPa

Molar volumes, thermal expansion coefficients, and isothermal compressibilities of six higher 1-alkanols (1-hexanol, 1-octanol, 1-decanol, 1-dodecanol, 1-tetradecanol, and 1-hexadecanol) have been determined at temperatures from 298 to 348 K and pressures up to 40 MPa. The density measurements were performed using a vibrating densitometer with an uncertainty of ±0.06%. The relationship between the properties and the structures of these alkanols is discussed in terms of the carbon-chain lengths.     

Measurements of the Thermal Conductivity of HFC-143a in the Temperature Range from 300 to 500 K at Pressures up to 50 MPa

Measurements of the thermal conductivity of HFC-143a that were made by a coaxial cylinder cell operating in steady state are reported. The measurements of the thermal conductivity of HFC-143a were performed along several quasi-isotherms between 300 and 500 K in the gas and liquid phases. The pressure range covered varies from 0.1 to 50 MPa. Based on the measurement of more than 600 points, an empirical equation is provided to describe the thermal conductivity outside the critical region as a function of temperature and density. A careful analysis of the various sources of error leads to an estimated uncertainty of approximately ±1.5%.