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Measurements of the thermal conductivity of propane at the approach of the coexistence line

Le Neindre, B.
Fluid Phase Equilib. 2017, 450, 1-12
ABSTRACT
We report the first measurements of the thermal conductivity of propane which show a steep increase of the thermal conductivity when approaching the coexistence line, in vapor and liquid phases. Measurements of the thermal conductivity of propane were performed in a coaxial cylinder cell operating in steady state conditions. The measurements of the thermal conductivity of propane were carried out along six isotherms below the critical temperature of propane (369.825 K). The present data cover the temperature range from 364.65 K to 369.12 K, and the pressure range 0.1e15 MPa. The analysis of the various sources of error leads to an estimated uncertainty of approximately +/-3%, near the saturation curve. In order to analyze the subcritical enhancement of the thermal conductivity as a function of temperature and density at the approach of the saturation curve, background equations were used.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 C3H8 propane
Datasets
The table above is generated from the ThermoML associated json file (link above). POMD and RXND refer to PureOrMixture and Reaction Datasets. The compound numbers are included in properties, variables, and phases, if specificied; the numbers refer to the table of compounds on the left.
Type Compound-# Property Variable Constraint Phase Method #Points
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Thermal conductivity, W/m/K ; Gas
  • Temperature, K; Gas
  • Pressure, kPa; Gas
  • Gas
  • Coaxial cylinder method
  • 302
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Thermal conductivity, W/m/K ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Coaxial cylinder method
  • 583