Communication Number 200001, October 2000

COMPUTING MIXTURE TEMPERATURE FROM ENTHALPY USING NASA POLYNOMIALS
Eduardo A. Brizuela
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ABSTRACT:

The temperature of a mixture can be obtained by fitting an inverse polynomial function to enthalpy from the NASA database. The error associated with a polynomial of an order greater than 3 is shown to be relatively small (< ± 5K).

Key Words: Thermodynamics, Equilibrium, Temperature