One parameter Viscosity-Temperature Correlation for Homologous n-Alkanes Series from CH4 to C20H42

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to establish a correlation for prediction the dynamic viscosity of homologous n-alkanes from CH4 to C20H42 at isobaric condition within a given temperature range. In this paper, new empirical correlation for dynamic viscosity is generalized as a function of carbon number and temperature. The mean average absolute deviation between the experimental data [13] and the empirical correlation is 2.8411% for 97 data points. These values showing that the statistical analysis model is stable and can be used to obtain good predictions for the same components in a wider range of temperature and for compounds that were not used in the model calibration