A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF A WORKING FLUID

摘要

A method, processing system, computer readable medium and system for determining one or more thermophysical properties of a working fluid for use in an assembly involving the transfer of thermal energy between a heat source and a heat sink. In one aspect, the method includes the following steps : providing a mathematical model of the assembly dependent upon the one or more thermophysical properties of the working fluid; determining one or more objective functions associated with the mathematical model of the assembly; and manipulating a value of the one or more thermophysical properties within the mathematical model until the one or more objective functions is optimised and thereby determine the one or more thermophysical properties of the working fluid which meet the one or more objective functions.