The present study mainly reports
the theoretical estimation of
dynamic viscosities, η, and kinematic viscosities, v, for 150 binary liquid systems comprising different categories of
organic compounds: alkanes, alcohols, aromatics, ketones, esters,
and amines as well as some other typical organics containing O, N,
and S atoms: acetonitrile, nitromethane, nitrobenzene, pyridine, 4-methylpyridine,
dimethyl sulfoxide, and sulfolane. Computations were performed following
two different approaches. The first methodology corresponded to correlative
models of Grunberg-Nissan, Hind, Heric, Ausländer, McAllister
three-body and four-body equations as well as the Jouyban-Acree model.
Fitting capabilities of simple polynomial equations and that of the
Jouyban-Acree model for density and viscosity correlations were also
tested for different degrees of polynomials. Accuracies of different
models were analyzed by comparing values of σ% as well as overall
σ% for different categories of binary systems investigated.
Correlative models with a higher number of parameters can yield satisfactory
results, the quality of correlations being dependent on the symmetry
of model equations, molecular interactions, and the number of available
data points also. On the other hand, the second methodology belongs
to a predictive model: the UNIFAC-VISCO. Applicability of existing
αnm parameters in predicting dynamic viscosities
of the selected binary mixtures is tested by calculating the respective
AAD%. The results for AAD% and OAAD% values suggest that the UNIFAC-VISCO
model can yield very good results in predicting both the dynamic and
kinematic viscosities of liquid mixtures. Finally, 34 pairs of new
group–group interaction parameters, αnm, of
the UNIFAC-VISCO model were determined with various amines, acetonitrile,
nitromethane, nitrobenzene, pyridine, dimethyl sulfoxide, sulfolane,
etc. as one of the components. The availability of these new group
interaction parameters would contribute further in extending the range
of applicability of the conventional UNIFAC-VISCO model, even to a
wider range of multicomponent liquid systems.