In the field of fluid power, accurate knowledge of fluid properties is vital for reasonable prediction of component behaviour and system performance. In general, these properties depend on the pressure and temperature levels that the respective medium is exposed to. The properties and their respective dependencies are not publicly accessible for many fluids commonly used in fluid power. If measured values – typically published in the form of mathematical fluid property models – are available at all, their quality is typically unknown. The paper aims to provide tools to objectively ascertain the quality of measured fluid properties. For this purpose, an equation is derived which establishes a relationship between the thermodynamic parameters of density, bulk modulus, heat capacity and thermal expansion coefficient. The presented equation is always satisfied by liquids as well as gases as long as they can be treated as a continuum. Based on this relationship, the degree of thermodynamic consistency of measured properties is evaluated: The less the equation is fulfilled by experimentally determined fluid properties, the more the measured values violate physical laws. The procedure of assessing the thermodynamic consistency is demonstrated by evaluating published fluid property models with the method outlined above. To aid engineers in judging which degree of thermodynamic inconsistency is acceptable, a cut-off value is suggested.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:71160 |
| Date | 25 June 2020 |
| Creators | Pasquini, Enrico, Murrenhoff, Hubertus, Schmitz, Katharina |
| Contributors | Dresdner Verein zur Förderung der Fluidtechnik e. V. Dresden |
| Publisher | Technische Universität Dresden |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:conferenceObject, info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 10.25368/2020.6, urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-709160, qucosa:70916 |
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