A new group contribution model for prediction liquid hydrocarbon viscosity based on free-volume theory

Abstract

In this paper a group contribution model for predicting the viscosity values of n-alkanes and iso-alkanes in the liquid phase based on Free-Volume Theory was developed. A database with 2129 experimental data with a temperature range up to 573.15 K and a pressure range up to 4000 bar was used to develop the model. The total weighted average percentage error is 4.894%. The model was tested on the next 472 experimental data with a temperature range up to 564.15 K and a pressure range up to 2019 bar and a mean percentage error that was obtained is 5.155%.