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A semi-empirical correlation for the estimation of the second virial coefficients of refrigerants.

Author(s) : DI NICOLA G., COCCIA G., PIERANTOZZI M., et al.

Type of article: Article, IJR article

Summary

A new semi-empirical scaled correlation for the second virial coefficient of refrigerants, based on the corresponding states principle, is proposed. Starting from the consideration that refrigerants have different chemical structures, the considered experimental dataset, which includes 63 refrigerants and 3595 points, was split into five main subgroups: single halogenated, double halogenated, hydrocarbons, inorganics and elements. The subgroups were analyzed in detail through a factor analysis approach and the coefficients of the new equation were regressed for each group separately. When compared with the other literature models, the proposed formula is clearly simpler and easier to implement. For four of the proposed groups, the correlation adopts a minor number of constant parameters. In addition, the global RMSE is generally lower (21.4?cm3?mol-121.4?cm3?mol-1) and the proposed mathematical expression well follows the physical constraints that the second virial coefficients must satisfy, both at low and at high reduced temperatures.

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Pages: 242-251

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  • Original title: A semi-empirical correlation for the estimation of the second virial coefficients of refrigerants.
  • Record ID : 30018268
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 68
  • Publication date: 2016/08

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