A correlation for thermal conductivity of liquid n-alkanes based on the Vogel–Tammann–Fulcher–Hesse equation

This paper demonstrates that thermal conductivity of liquid paraffin hydrocarbons of different molecular weights can be correlated properly and conveniently using the Vogel–Tammann–Fulcher–Hesse equation. This approach is advantageous for applications of practical importance because it leads to a simpler effective correlation with fewer empirically determined parameters while providing twice better accuracy than a previous empirical correlation utilizing cubic-polynomial equations. This is illustrated by analyzing and correlating the thermal conductivity data of several liquid n-alkanes.