Abstract:This paper reports viscosity data for mixtures containing a refrigerant and a lubricant (triethylene glycol dimethyether, TriEGDME or tetraethylene glycol dimethylether, TEGDME), at 12% mass fraction of TriEGDME and 14% of TEGDME respectively. The measurements (140 data points) have been carried out versus pressure (between 10 and 140 MPa) in the monophasic liquid state from 293.15 to 373.15 K. Due to the fact that at normal pressure and temperature the HFC-134a and the polyethers are not in the same single phase (the refrigerant is a gas whereas the polyethers are liquids) accurate measurements of their mixtures require specific procedures for the samples preparation and the filling of the apparatus. A specially designed isobaric transfer falling-body viscometer is used in this work. The viscosity of the mixtures is in average 40% higher than that of the pure refrigerant, and this increase is more noticeable at low temperatures.The experimental viscosities have been used in order to check the predictive and correlation ability of several viscosity models (mixing rules, Geller and Davis method, self referencing model, hard sphere theory, free volume model and friction-theory). Most of the studied models under estimate dynamic viscosity values over all the temperature and pressure ranges.