functionlowPressureThermalConductivity

Return thermal conductivities of low-pressure gas mixtures (Mason and Saxena Modification)

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Information

This function applies the Masson and Saxena modification of the Wassiljewa Equation for the thermal conductivity for gas mixtures of n elements at low pressure.

For nonpolar gas mixtures errors will generally be less than 3 to 4%. For mixtures of nonpolar-polar and polar-polar gases, errors greater than 5 to 8% may be expected. For mixtures in which the sizes and polarities of the constituent molecules are not greatly different, the thermal conductivity can be estimated satisfactorily by a mole fraction average of the pure component conductivities.

Inputs

TypeNameDefaultDescription
MoleFractionyMole fraction of the components in the gas mixture
TemperatureTTemperature
TemperatureTcCritical temperatures
AbsolutePressurePcCritical pressures
MolarMassMMolecular weights
ThermalConductivitylambdaThermal conductivities of the pure gases

Outputs

TypeNameDefaultDescription
ThermalConductivitylambdamThermal conductivity of the gas mixture