For the investigation of injection
characteristics of fuels in
the internal combustion engines or turbines, thermophysical properties
like liquid kinematic viscosity, surface tension, density, and refractive
index are crucial and necessary. In this work, the liquid kinematic viscosity and surface tension were measured by surface light scattering (SLS) for
the binary and ternary mixtures of n-dodecane with
methyl butyrate and methyl decanoate, respectively, in the temperature
ranges from (308.15 to 413.15) K for the mixtures and (298.15 to 423.15)
K for methyl butyrate. Additionally, the liquid density was determined
by a U-tube densimeter from (293.15 to 423.15) K, and refractive index
was measured from (278.15 and 358.15) K. Furthermore, the experimental
data of surface tension and kinematic viscosity for the mixtures were
correlated with two proposed equations against the temperatures and
mole fractions. The density and refractive index data were correlated
by polynomial functions. This work provides essential data and correlation
models for the crucial thermophysical properties of the binary model
fuels for the bio-aviation kerosene in connection with the investigation
of the fuel injection and combustion system.