Gas Properties

Equation of State
𝑚
𝑃𝑉 = 𝑧𝑅𝑇 = 𝑧 𝑅𝑇
𝑀

V volume occupied at PV by n moles of gas

m mass of gas considered
M molecular weight of the gas
R ideal gas constant 10.7 mol lb

Pseudocritical Pressure and temperature

𝑃𝑝𝑐 = ∑ 𝑦𝑖 𝑃𝑐𝑖
𝑇𝑝𝑐 = ∑ 𝑦𝑖 𝑇𝑐𝑖
Pci Tci critical pressure and temperature of ith component
yi mole fraction of the ith component
Sutton’s method of finding Pseudocritical Pressure and temperature
𝑝𝑝𝑐ℎ = 756.8 − 131.0𝛾ℎ − 3.6𝛾ℎ2
𝑇𝑝𝑐ℎ = 169.2 + 349.5𝛾ℎ − 74.0𝛾ℎ2
Valid if .57<h<1.68 and <12% CO2, <3% N2, no H2S
For gas with higher CO2 and N2 that is sour
𝑝𝑝𝑐 = (1 − 𝑦𝐻2𝑆 − 𝑦𝐶𝑂2 − 𝑦𝑁2 − 𝑦𝐻2𝑂 )𝑝𝑝𝑐ℎ + 1306𝑦𝐻2𝑆 +
1071𝑦𝐶𝑂2 + 493.1𝑦𝑁2 + 3200𝑦𝐻20

𝑇𝑝𝑐= (1 − 𝑦𝐻2𝑆 − 𝑦𝐶𝑂2 − 𝑦𝑁2 − 𝑦𝐻2𝑂 )𝑇𝑝𝑐 + 672.35𝑦𝐻2𝑆 +

547.58𝑦𝐶𝑂2 + 227.16𝑦𝑁2 + 1164.9𝑦𝐻2𝑂

𝛾𝑤 −1.1767𝑦𝐻2𝑆 −1.51𝑦𝐶𝑂2 −.9672𝑦𝑁2 −.622𝑦𝐻2𝑂

𝛾ℎ =
1−𝑦𝐻2𝑆 −𝑦𝐶𝑂2 −𝑦𝑁2 −𝑦𝐻2𝑂

∑(𝑦𝑖 𝑀𝑊𝑖 )
𝛾ℎ =
28.9

𝑀𝑊𝑔 = 28.9𝛾𝑔

Gas viscosity
𝑌1×𝑒 𝑌5
𝜇𝑔 =
104

(9.4+.02𝑀𝑊)𝑇 1.5
𝑌1 =
209+19𝑀𝑊+𝑇
986
𝑌2 = 3.5 + .01𝑀𝑊 +
𝑇

𝑌3 = 2.4 − .2𝑌2
𝑀𝑊
𝑌4 = .007532
𝐵𝑔
 𝑌5 = 𝑌2(𝑌4)𝑌3

Formation volume factor

𝑧𝑅𝑃𝑠𝑐 𝑇
𝐵𝑔 =
𝑧𝑠𝑐 𝑅𝑃𝑇𝑠𝑐
𝑧𝑃𝑠𝑐 𝑇
𝐵𝑔 =
𝑃𝑇𝑠𝑐

If standard conditions are 14.7psi and 520R

𝑇
𝐵𝑔 = 5.035𝑧
𝑃

Also
𝑃𝑠𝑐 𝑇 𝑅𝐵
𝐵𝑔 = 𝑧
5.614∗1000∗𝑃∗𝑇𝑠𝑐 𝑚𝑠𝑐𝑓