To numerically simulate the spray and combustion process of tetrahydrofuran(THF)as an alternative fuel of internal combustion engine
the correlations of thermo-physical properties versus temperature
including density
viscosity
surface tension
vapor pressure
latent heat value
heat capacity
thermal conductivity and diffusion coefficient
are estimated with molecule theory. The estimations are conducted with group-contribution method following the corresponding state theory and the effect from polar molecule structure is modified. The comparison with experimental data indicates that the maximum deviations of all the estimated correlations are much less than 10%
and the estimation thus meets the requirements of numerical simulation on THF spray and combustion process. THF is a promising alternative fuel for internal combustion engine due to the advantages in energy density
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