Method for constructing the fundamental equation of state that takes into account the peculiarities of the substance behaviour in a wide vicinity of the critical point

Abstract

Abstract On the basis of the phenomenological theory of the critical point and the Benedek hypothesis, an expression for the Helmholtz free energy F with scale functions in the density-temperature variables has been developed. The proposed free energy equation has been tested on the example of constructing the fundamental equation of state of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234yf). By comparison with the known experimental data on the equilibrium properties of R1234yf – density and pressure on the phase equilibrium line, p-ρ-T-data in the single-phase region, the second and third virial coefficients, isochoric heat capacity, isobaric heat capacity and the sound velocity – the operating range of the equation of state of R1234yf has been established according to temperature from 220 K to 420 K and pressure up to 20 MPa.