Author: Bahadori, A.

Source: Journal of the Energy Institute, Volume 81, Number 1, March 2008 , pp. 59-61(3)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:

Knowledge of the thermal conductivity of the fluids involved is an essential for the prediction of the rate of heat transfer in all heat exchangers. Therefore, in this paper a simple to use correlation is developed to accurately predict the thermal conductivity of liquid paraffin hydrocarbons as a function of temperature and molecular weight. The proposed correlation has very good agreement with the reported available data, and the average absolute deviation percentage between the observed values and calculated results is 1?44%.

Keywords: CORRELATION; LIQUID; HYDROCARBONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

Document Type: Short Communication

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174602208X269463

Publication date: 2008-03-01

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