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REFERENCE VALUES AND REFERENCE CORRELATIONS FOR THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND VISCOSITY OF FLUIDS

June 22, 2018
Author(s)
Marc J. Assael, A.E. Kalyva, S.A. Monogenidou, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins, Daniel G. Friend, Eric F. May
In this paper reference values and reference correlations for the thermal conductivity and viscosity of pure fluids are presented. Reference values and correlations for the thermal conductivity and the viscosity of pure fluids provide thoroughly evaluated

Preface

November 19, 2014
Author(s)
Daniel G. Friend, Marcia L. Huber, Neil T. Wright
This is a preface for a special issue of the International Journal of Thermophysics that contains papers presented at the 18th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties.

Improvement of Quality in Publication of Experimental Thermophysical Property Data: Challenges, Assessment Tools, Global Implementation, and Online Support

September 6, 2013
Author(s)
Robert D. Chirico, Michael D. Frenkel, Joe W. Magee, Vladimir Diky, Chris D. Muzny, Andrei F. Kazakov, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, William E. Acree, Jr., Joan F. Brennecke, Paul L. Brown, Peter T. Cummings, Theodoor W. de Loos, Daniel G. Friend, Anthony R. Goodwin, Lee D. Hansen, William M. Haynes, Nobuyoshi Koga, Andreas Mandelis, K N. Marsh, Paul M. Mathias, Clare McCabe, O'Connell J. P., Agilio Padua, Vicente Rives, Christoph Schick, Martin P. Trusler, Sergey Vyazovkin, Ron D. Weir, Jiangtao Wu
This article describes a 10-year cooperative effort between the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and five major journals in the field of thermophysical and thermochemical properties to improve the quality of published reports of

New International Formulation for the Thermal Conductivity of H2O

August 23, 2012
Author(s)
Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins, Daniel G. Friend, Jan V. Sengers, Marc J. Assael, Ifigenia N. Metaxa, Kiyoshi Miyagawa, Robert Hellmann, Eckhard Vogel
The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) encouraged an extensive research effort to update the IAPS Formulation 1985 for the Thermal Conductivity of Ordinary Water Substance, leading to the adoption of a Release on the

Preface

July 11, 2010
Author(s)
Daniel G. Friend, Marcia L. Huber, Zhuomin M. Zhang
This is a preface to the special issues of the International Journal of Thermophysics that contains selected papers presented at the 17th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, held in Boulder Colorado 21-26 June 2009.

Scientific Data at NIST: Current Practices and Vision

June 29, 2010
Author(s)
Daniel G. Friend
This is a Powerpoint presentation given as a talk at Scientific Data Management (SDM) for Government Agencies Workshop to Improve SDM, 29 June 2010,Washington, DC (USA.)

New International Formulation for the Viscosity of H2O

April 21, 2009
Author(s)
Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins, Arno R. Laesecke, Daniel G. Friend, Jan V. Sengers, Marc J. Assael, Ifigenia N. Metaxa, Eckhard Vogel, Radim Mares, Kiyoshi Miyagawa
The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) encouraged an extensive research effort to update the IAPS Formulation 1985 for the Viscosity of Ordinary Water Substance, leading to the adoption of a Release on the IAPWS

Viscosity of H20 in the Critical Region

April 15, 2009
Author(s)
Jan V. Sengers, Richard A. Perkins, Marcia L. Huber, Daniel G. Friend
It has been well established that thermodynamic and transport properties of fluids exhibit singular behavior near the critical point. In this paper we review the theoretical predictions for the enhancement of the viscosity near the critical point. It is

Supplemental backward equations T(pkh), v(p,h), and T(p,s), v(p,s) for the critical and supercritical regions (region 3) of the industrial formulation

January 7, 2009
Author(s)
H J. Kretzschmar, J R. Cooper, A Dittmann, Daniel G. Friend, J S. Gallagher, Allan H. Harvey, K Knobloch, Radim Mares, Kiyoshi Miyagawa, N Okita, I. Stocker, Wolfgang Wagner, I Weber
In modeling steam power cycles, thermodynamic properties as functions of the variables ( ), p h or ( ), p s are required in the critical and supercritical regions (region 3 of IAPWSIF97). It is difficult to perform these calculations with IAPWS-IF97

NIST 14. NIST Mixture Property Database

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
Daniel G. Friend
The NIST Mixture Property Database calculates thermodynamic and transport properties of mixtures of fluids selected from any of 17 possible pure components. The emphasis of the database is on density prediction (especially for CO2-rich mixtures), but for

Physical and Chemical Data, Section 2

November 13, 2007
Author(s)
Daniel G. Friend, Bruce E. Poling, George H. Thomson, Thomas E. Daubert, Evan Buck
This Section provides tabular material for the physical and chemical properties of substances of interest to the chemical engineering community. Many of the tables have been generated using NIST standard reference data formulations, which provide

The third industrial fluid properties simulation challenge

September 7, 2007
Author(s)
F Case, John K. Brennan, Anne M. Chaka, Kerwin Dobbs, Daniel G. Friend, David Frurip, Peter A. Gordon, J Moore, Raymond D. Mountain, J Olson, Richard B. Ross, Martin Schiller, Vincent K. Shen
The third Industrial fluid properties simulation challenge was held from March to September 2006. As in the previous two events, contestants were challenged to predict specific, industrially relevant, properties of fluid systems. Their efforts were judged

Benchmarks for the Third Industrial Fluids Simulation Properties Challenge

June 28, 2007
Author(s)
Peter A. Gordon, Martin Schiller, Chien-Ping Chai Kao, Scott Bair, Daniel G. Friend
We outline the procedures used to establish benchmark physical property data for the Third Industrial Fluids Simulation Challenge. For both challenge problems, this involved measurement of new data. When possible, measurements were compared with published

Development of an Experimental Database and Kinetic Models for Surrogate Diesel Fuels

April 16, 2007
Author(s)
J T. Ferrell, N Cernansky, F L. Dryer, Daniel G. Friend, C A. Hergart, C K. Law, R M. McDavid, Christian Mueller, A K. Patel, Heinz Pitsch
Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations that include realistic combustion/emissions chemistry hold the promise of significantly shortening the development time for advanced, high efficiency, low emission engines. However, significant challenges must

Development of an Experimental Database and Kinetic Models for Surrogate Jet Fuels

March 1, 2007
Author(s)
M Colket, T Edwards, S Williams, N Cernansky, D L. Miller, Fokion N. Egolfopoulos, P Linstedt, Ram Seshadri, F L. Dryer, C K. Law, Daniel G. Friend, David Lenhert, Heinz Pitsch, A Sarofim, M Smooke, Wing Tsang
The engineering and scientific community ha been searching for the identification of surrogate fuels that can reasonably represent the performance and emissions behavior of jet fuels (e.g. Jet A and JP-8) in engines. Many proposals exist in the literature

Thermophysical Properties Measurements and Models for Rocket Propellant RP-1: Phase I

February 1, 2007
Author(s)
Joe W. Magee, Thomas J. Bruno, Daniel G. Friend, Marcia L. Huber, Arno D. Laesecke, Eric Lemmon, Mark O. McLinden, Richard A. Perkins, J?rg Baranski, Jason A. Widegren
Accurate knowledge of thermophysical properties is a prerequisite to design efficient and cost-effective rocket engine systems that use the kerosene rocket propellant designated RP-1. A robust properties model that is based on reliable experimental

Correlation for the Vapor Pressure of Mercury

September 12, 2006
Author(s)
Marcia L. Huber, Arno D. Laesecke, Daniel G. Friend
We present a new correlation for the vapor pressure of mercury that is valid from the triple point to the critical point. The equation is a Wagner-type form, where the terms of the equation are selected using a simulated annealing optimization algorithm

Supplementary Backward Equations for Pressure as a Function of Enthalpy and Entropy p(h,s) to the Industrial Formulation IAPWS-IF97 for Water and Steam

July 11, 2006
Author(s)
H J. Kretzschmar, J Cooper, A Dittmann, J Trubenbach, Th Willkommen, Daniel G. Friend, J S. Gallagher, Radim Mares, Kiyoshi Miyagawa, Wolfgang Wagner, K Knobloch, I. Stocker
In 2001, the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) adopted backward equations for pressure as a function of enthalpy and entropy p(h, s) as supplement to the IAPWS Industrial Formulation 1997 for the Termodynamic

Standardized Equation for Hydrogen Gas Densities for Fuel Consumption Applications

April 3, 2006
Author(s)
Eric Lemmon, Marcia L. Huber, Daniel G. Friend, Carl Paulina
One of three currently recognized methods for evaluating the consumption of gaseous hydrogen fuel in vehicle applications involves the determination of the equilibrium temperature and pressure of the gas before and after usage within a storage tank of

The Vapor Pressure of Mercury

April 1, 2006
Author(s)
Marcia L. Huber, Arno D. Laesecke, Daniel G. Friend
In this report, we review the available measurements of the vapor pressure of mercury and develop a new correlation for the vapor pressure of mercury that is valid from the triple point to the critical point. The equation is a Wagner-type form where the