Fluid Property Information
EES provides built-in property data for the fluids listed below. The fluids are grouped into Real Fluids, Ideal Gases, Solutions, Incompressible Substances, and Mixtures (modeled as pseudo-pure substances). Property data for air-water mixtures (psychrometrics) are provided by fluid AirH2O. Thermophysical property data for hundreds of materials are also available in the Incompressible Substances and NASA libraries.
------------------------------- REAL FLUIDS -------------------------------- ---------- MIXTURES -----------
Acetylene Methane R12 LPG1* R502
Ammonia Methanol R13 NH3H2O R507A
Argon n-Butane R13I1 R404A R508B
Benzene n-Decane R14 R407A* R511A*
Butene n-Docosane R22 R407C R512A
Carbondioxide n-Dodecane R23 R407H* R513A
Carbonmonoxide n-Heptane R32 R410A R513B*
CarbonylSulfide n-Hexadecane R40 R417A R514A
Chlorine n-Hexane R41 R422B* R515A
Chloroethene n-Octane R113 R422D* R515B*
Cis-2-Butene n-Nonane R114 R423A* R516A*
Cyclohexane n-Pentane R115 R424A*
Cyclopentane n-Undecane R116 R427A*
Deuterium Nitrogen R125 R438A*
DeuteriumOxide NitrogenTrifluoride R134a R441A*
DiethylEther NitrousOxide R141b R444A*
DimethylCarbonate Novec649 R142b R444B*
DimethylEther o-Xylene R143a R448A
Ethane orthoHydrogen R143m R449A
Ethylbenzene p-Xylene R152a R452A
Ethylene paraHydrogen R161 R452B
EthyleneOxide Perfluorobutane R218 R453A*
Fluorine Perfluoropentane R227ea R454A
Helium Perfluorohexane R236ea R454B
Helium3* Potassium* R236fa R454C
Hydrogen Propylene R245fa R456A*
HydrogenChloride PropyleneGlycol R290 R457A*
HydrogenSulfide Propyne R365mfc R460A*
Isobutane Sodium* R600a R464A*
Isohexane Steam_IAPWS R718 R466A
Isooctane Steam_NBS R744 R469A*
Isopentane SulfurDioxide R1123 R470A*
Isopropanol SulfurHexafluoride R1130(E) R470B*
m-Xylene Toluene R1132(E) R472A*
MDM trans-2-butene R1216 R473A*
FLD files* *Professional license only
----- IDEAL GASES ----- ------ SOLUTIONS ------ ------ INCOMPRESSIBLE ------
Air CACL2 (Calcium Chloride-Water) The Function Information dialog displays the
AirH2O EA (Ethylene Alcohol-Water) materials in the Incompressible Substances.
Ar EG (Ethylene Glycol-Water) library.
CH4 K2CO3 (Potassium Carbonate-Water) Specific heat, enthalpy and entropy data are
C2H2 KAC (Potassium Acetate-Water) available for condensed substances in the
C2H4 KFO (Potassium Formate-Water) NASA database.
C2H6 LICL (Lithium Chloride-Water)
C2H5OH MA (Methyl Alcohol-Water) NASA_EES procedure
C3H8 MGCL2 (Magnesium Chloride-Water)
C4H10 NACL (Sodium Chloride-Water)
C6H14 PG (Propylene Glycol-Water)
----- Additional Property Data -----
LiCl-Water and LiBr-Water properties
The fluid properties are of three distinct types: ideal gas, real fluid/mixtures and solutions/incompressible. The enthalpy and internal energy of ideal gas substances are dependent only upon temperature. EES will not accept pressure, along with temperature, as an independent property input in the Enthalpy and IntEnergy functions for ideal gas substances. A general rule is that substances having a name that is a chemical formula, e.g., N2 or CO2, are implemented to be ideal gases whereas real fluids use spelled-out names, e.g., Nitrogen and CarbonDioxide. Air and AirH2O (psychrometric relations) are exceptions to this rule in that both are based on ideal gas behavior. Whenever a chemical symbol notation (e.g., Ar, N2, CO2, CH4 etc.) is used, the substance is modeled as an ideal gas and the enthalpy and entropy values are based on JANAF table references. The JANAF table reference for enthalpy is based on the elements having an enthalpy value of 0 at 298K (537R). The entropy of these substances is based on the Third Law of Thermodynamics.
Whenever the substance name is spelled out (e.g., Argon, Steam (or Water or R718), Nitrogen, R12, CarbonDioxide, Methane, etc.) the substance is modeled as a real fluid with subcooled, saturated, and superheated phases. Most of the real fluids and mixtures in the table above employ a high accuracy equation of state that accurately provides property information at all conditions including the vicinity of the critical point and the subcooled region. Specific references to the equation of state are provided for each fluid. A few fluids use the Martin-Hou equation of state (A.I.Ch.E. Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1955, pp. 142-151) and assume the fluid is incompressible. The Martin-Hou equation of state has a claimed accuracy of 1% in specific volume for conditions at which the density is less than 1.5 * Critical density. Thermodynamic properties at densities greater than 1.5 * critical density or in the vicinity of the critical point may be inaccurate with the Martin-Hou equation of state.
Solutions refer to a liquid or solid dissolved in water. Most of the properties for solutions require the temperature and mass concentration of the solute in %.
NH3H2O (ammonia-water) is a mixture. It requires 3 independent properties. The property designators are the same as for pure fluids with the following two differences. X designates mass fraction. Q designates quality.
Starting with version 10.364, the property keywords Water, Steam, R718 and Steam_IAPWS are treated identically. All four keywords provided access to property correlations use the Steam_IAPWS property correlations, which provide the most accurate property data for water substance and it is the current international standard. Steam_NBS and Ice use the property correlations published by Harr, Gallagher, and Kell (Hemisphere, 1984).These property correlations were the basis of the international standard for water before 1995.
Starting with version 10.627, EES can read .FDL files used with the NIST REFPROP program, which extends the number of pure fluids for which EES can provide property information.