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The Refprop Database for the Thermophysical Properties of Refrigerants

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Mark O. McLinden, Eric W. Lemmon, Marcia L. Huber

Abstract

Property databases are widely used for the design and analysis of refrigeration systems. Version 7 of the NIST REFPROP Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties) database is described. Compared with previous versions, the database includes additional fluids and mixtures (including ammonia/water mixtures), improved property models, additional properties, increased calculational speed, an enhanced user interface, and support for using the property routines with other applications. This program is based on the most accurate pure fluid and mixture equations of state and transport property models currently available, and these sources are internally documented in the database. The models are implemented in a suite of subroutines written in standard Fortran which may be used independently of the user interface. This database has become the de facto standard for refrigerant properties.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Refrigeration
Conference Dates
August 17-22, 2003
Conference Title
International Congress of Refrigeration
Pub Type
Conferences

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Keywords

computer database, refrigerant mixtures, refrigerants, thermodynamic properties, transport properties
Thermochemical properties, Environment and Reference data

Citation

McLinden, M. , Lemmon, E. and Huber, M. (2003), The Refprop Database for the Thermophysical Properties of Refrigerants, Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Refrigeration, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=831869 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created September 14, 2003, Updated June 2, 2021
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