Thermodynamic properties of eight fluorinated olefins

Group contribution methods are used to predict the critical temperatures, critical pressures, critical densities, acentric factors, and ideal gas specific heats at constant pressure for eight fluorinated olefins, namely: R-1225ye(E), R-1225ye(Z), R-1225zc, R-1234ye(E), R-1234yf, R-1234ze(E), R-1234ze(Z), and R-1243zf. For the same eight refrigerants, the Peng-Robinson equation of state is used to predict thermodynamic properties, which are presented in pressure-enthalpy and temperature-entropy state diagrams. To provide the reader with some sense of the predictive capability of the methodology, property predictions for R-134a are compared to known data. Property predictions for R-1234yf are compared, where possible, to the open literature. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd and IIR. All rights reserved.