Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Laboratory of Thermophysical Properties of Fluids

Laboratory of Thermophysical Properties of Fluids of CREVER has numerous experimental techniques for measuring thermophysical properties fluids, both pure as mixtures:

Vapor Pressure; Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium

Solubility; Solid-Liquid Equilibrium

Density: Molar Volume

Isobaric heat capacity

Heat of mixing, solution, dilution, reaction

Kinematic and dynamic viscosity

Thermal Conductivity

In addition to experimental measurements, the Laboratory of Thermophysical Properties of Fluids also works in the modeling of thermophysical properties of fluids, with equations of state, methods for activity coefficients, etc.

For more than fifteen years, the Laboratory of Thermophysical Properties of Fluids has mainly worked in working fluids of interest in absorption heat pumps and refrigeration. Some of these fluids are listed continued:

Ionic Liquids as absorbents

Nanofluids as an absorbent of water

Ammonia/sodium thiocyanate

Ammonia/lithium nitrate

Ammonia / lithium nitrate / Water

Ammonia / Water / sodium hydroxide

Water / lithium bromide / lithium nitrate / Cluroro lithium / lithium iodide

TFE/polyglycols

Techniques available for experimentally determining thermophysical properties of pure fluids and mixtures: 
Calorimeter Setaram C80
Microcalorimeter Setaram mDSC III
Static Method for vapor pressure
Densimetry vibrating-tube Anton Paar: DMA 602; DMA 512P; DMA 35
Glass cell for solubility using iso- and poly-thermal methods
Variable-volume cell for solubility at high pressure by the polythermal method
Viscosimetry: capillary (Ubbelohde, Haake), falling-ball (Haake) and piston-type (Cambridge)
Vapor Pressure Osmometer Knauer K7000
Calorimetry for thermal conductivity at high pressure and temperature
Titrator Karl-Fischer Mettler Toledo C20
Thermal Properties Analyzer Decagon KD2-Pro