Correlations are presented for the viscosity and thermal conductivity of nonpolar, polar, and associating fluids over the wide ranges of PVT states. Empirically correlated density-dependent functions were developed to extend the kinetic gas theory to include dense fluids. Extensive comparisons with experimental data of pure fluids are made. The average absolute deviation is 4% for viscosity predictions and 6% for thermal conductivity predictions. The conformal solution model mixing rules have shown to yield predictions of viscosity and thermal conductivity for nonassociating mixtures of sufficient accuracy for most industrial uses. The viscosity and thermal conductivity predictive procedure is simple and straightforward. It requires only critical constants and acentric factors for nonpolar fluids. For polar and associating fluids, the dipole moment and an empirically determined association parameter, in addition, are required.
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