Thermodynamic Properties of Cryogenic Fluids

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 tool for the calculation of thermodynamic properties of cryogenic fluids.

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.