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Thermodynamic Properties of Cryogenic Fluids

  • Provides key data sets on the thermophysical properties of the 15 most important cryogenic fluids
  • New edition offers extensive updates to the data for air, argon, carbon monoxide, deuterium, ethane, helium, hydrogen, krypton, nitrogen and xenon
  • Supports NIST's Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Database (REFPROP)
  • Provides underlying equations allowing readers to program their software packages to improve computational speed
  • Covers fluid properties over a huge range of temperatures and pressures
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: International Cryogenics Monograph Series (ICMS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Importance and Uses of Cryogenic Fluid Properties

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 1-10
  3. Equation of State Development and Use

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 11-21
  4. Helium

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 23-39
  5. Hydrogen

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 41-71
  6. Deuterium

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 73-87
  7. Neon

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 89-102
  8. Nitrogen

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 103-116
  9. Air

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 117-130
  10. Carbon Monoxide

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 131-143
  11. Fluorine

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 145-156
  12. Argon

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 157-169
  13. Oxygen

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 171-183
  14. Methane

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 185-197
  15. Krypton

    • Jacob W. Leachman, Richard T Jacobsen, Eric W. Lemmon, Steven G. Penoncello
    Pages 199-210
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 211-213

About this book

This update to a classic reference text provides practising engineers and scientists with accurate thermophysical property data for cryogenic fluids. The equations for fifteen important cryogenic fluids are presented in a basic format, accompanied by pressure-enthalpy and temperature-entropy charts and tables of thermodynamic properties.

It begins with a chapter introducing the thermodynamic relations and functional forms for equations of state, and goes on to describe the requirements for thermodynamic property formulations, needed for the complete definition of the thermodynamic properties of a fluid. The core of the book comprises extensive data tables and charts for the most commonly-encountered cryogenic fluids.

This new edition sees significant updates to the data presented for air, argon, carbon monoxide, deuterium, ethane, helium, hydrogen, krypton, nitrogen and xenon. The book supports and complements NIST’s REFPROP - an interactive database and toolfor the calculation of thermodynamic properties of cryogenic fluids.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Washington State University, Pullman, USA

    Jacob W. Leachman

  • Center for Advanced Energy Studies, Idaho State University Center for Advanced Energy Studies, Idaho Falls, USA

    Richard T Jacobsen

  • Thermophysical Properties Division, National Insitute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, USA

    Eric W. Lemmon

  • Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Idaho, Moscow, USA

    Steven G. Penoncello

About the authors

Dr. Richard Jacobsen is Executive Director for Research and Technology Transfer and Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Idaho State University (ISU). Dr. Jacobsen’s research publications include 11 books and chapters in books; 60 refereed journal publications; 11 refereed conference proceedings; and 108 research reports, notes and technical reports.

Dr Steven Penoncello is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at U Idaho, and director of the Center for Applied Thermodynamic Studies (CATS).

Dr. Eric Lemmon received his Ph.D. at the University of Idaho in 1996. His current work focuses on the Refprop program (www.nist.gov/srd/nist23.cfm) and on national and international standards for the properties of natural gas.

Dr. Jacob Leachman is a faculty member of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University and heads the HYdrogen Properties for Energy Research (HYPER) laboratory. 

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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