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1 Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia 2 Institute of Mechanics of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

The paper presents possible application fields of the binary noble gas mixtures with low Prandtl numbers. It shows that it is expedient to select these mixtures as the working fluids for closed Brayton cycle gas-turbine installations, thermo-acoustic engines and for the gas dynamic energy separation device (Leontiev tube). As follows from the analysis, He-Ar, He-Kr, and He-Xe mixtures have proven to be the most attractive choice. The paper has analyzed the calculation results for coefficient of dynamic viscosity, coefficient of thermal conductivity, and for heat capacity at constant pressure for the given mixtures in terms of mixture molecular weights at pressures of 2MPa and 7MPa and temperatures of 400 and 1200°K. According to data of experiments and calculations available in public sources published by another authors, the results are verified. It was found that at constant pressure within the examined range of parameters (i.e. pressure, temperature, mixture molecular weight) the obtained heat capacity values are in good agreement with the values of the verification data. In calculating dynamic viscosity coefficient for any pressure and temperature the utilized technique provides results for He-Ar and He-Kr mixtures within the entire range of the molecular weights, which are, essentially, as good as shown by international verification techniques. However, at high pressures and low temperatures for He-Xe mixture with molecular weights close to the pure Xe the divergence was found to be as high as 25 % while for other parameter intervals under consideration and with the same mixture the difference does not exceed 10 %. A good agreement with the verification data is observed for the values of a thermal conductivity coefficient of He-Ar and He-Kr mixtures for any value of parameters, while for He-Xe mixture with molecular weights close to 60 g/mole independently of pressure the divergence can reach 30 % for 1200°K and 20 % for 400°K. It is shown that for a He-Xe mixture, with increasing temperature for all molecular masses, the underestimation of the thermal conductivity coefficient values may partially compensate for underestimation of the dynamic viscosity coefficient values, thereby leading to the net inaccuracy in Prandtl number calculations at most 15 % for any value of parameters under consideration.

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