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Friction Theory Coupled with Statistical Associating Fluid Theory for Estimating the Viscosity of n-Alkane Mixtures

by: Sugata P. Tan, Hertanto Adidharma, Brian F. Towler, Maciej Radosz

(Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 2006, vol. 45, pp. 2116-2122)

Abstract

Friction Theory is coupled with Statistical Associating Fluid Theory, SAFT1 and PC-SAFT, to predict the viscosity of mixtures. The universal Friction Theory parameters working with SAFT1 and PC-SAFT for pure n-alkanes, which were previously found to scale linearly with molecular weight, are used without any readjustment to predict the viscosity of symmetric and asymmet-ric mixtures of n-alkanes with accuracy that is adequate for engineering purposes.