A Workshop was held on the subject of Thin Film Thermal Conductivity Measurement as part of the Thirteenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties at the University of Colorado in Boulder CO, June 25-26, 1997. The purpose of this Workshop was to provide a forum for producers and users of thermal properties data to discuss the unique problems associated with measuring the thermal conductivities o...

It has long been understood that availability of thermophysical and thermochemical property data is vital to scientific research and industrial design. For over 65 years, the Thermodynamics Research Center (TRC) has been publishing tables of critically evaluated data covering physical and thermodynamic properties of pure compounds, TRC Tables-Hydrocarbons and TRC Tables-Non-Hydrocarbons. Over t...

The thermodynamic and thermophysical properties of liquids suggest that they should be powerful working fluids in heat engines. Their use requires heat engines based conceptually on the Stirling and Malone principles. The principles are explained, and then experiments on propylene are presented that demonstrate the principles and confirm the thermodynamic analysis.