Measurements of the thermal conductivity of three pure alcohols and their binary mixtures with methyl myristate component of biodiesel

New experimental thermal conductivity values of 1-propanol, 1-butanol and 1-pentanol in the liquid phase have been reported, and the thermal conductivity of three binary mixtures (1-propanol + methyl myristate, 1-butanol + methyl myristate and 1-pentanol + methyl myristate) have been measured at atmospheric pressure and with the temperature range 292–362 K for the first time. The total standard uncertainty of the experimental results was estimated to be less than 2% (in the 0.68 confidence level) and the repeatability was better than ±0.5%. The liquid thermal conductivity results of three alcohols, 1-butanol/methyl myristate blends and 1-pentanol/methyl myristate blends were fitted as a polynomial function of temperature. In addition, three useful correlations have been optimized by the results of 1-propanol/methyl myristate blends.