Converting from mmscfd to kg/s

      
MMscfd to kg/s

81.9 mmscfd
Press = 160 barg
Temp = 30 Deg C of gas Mol Wt 17

How do I convert to Kg/s

81.9 mmscfd the "s" means it is measured at standard, 1 atm,

60 °F, regardless of the delivery pressure and temperature.

1) There are 86400 s/day, so 947.92 scf per sec.

2) 947.2 scf/s x 0.0283168 m³/ft³ = 26.84 m³/s at 60 °F

3) Reducing to normal m³ (at 0 °C), 26.84 m³/s x 273.15 K/288.71K = 25.40 Nm³/s

4) By ideal gas law, molar volume at "normal" is 22.414 L/mol

or 22.414 m³/kmol,

and mass is 17 g/mol

or 17 kg/kmol.

25.40 m³/s x 1 kmol/22.414 m³ x 17 kg/kmol

= 19.26 kg/s.

Converting from kg/hr to mmscfd            

                                            
What does MMSCFD stand for?  Millions of Standard Cubic Feet per Day (measure of
gas produced in a reservoir)  

From the Ideal Gas Law                    

PV    =    nRT    =    m/MRT                                    
i.e.                                            
m/V    =    PM/RT
                
i.e. the density of the gas
rho    =    PM/RT                
At standard conditions (T=15.556ºC  and P=1 atm  from Milton's post) (Note: I
would have used T=0ºC)
                            
rho    =    101325 M / [8314 x(15.556+273.15)]        
    =    0.04221 M                
where:

M    = molecular weight of the substance in kg/k-mol    

Thus to convert from a value of n kg/hr to mmscfd:    

Vol flowrate    =    Mass flowrate /    Density        

=    n kg/hr    x  1hr/3600s  x  1/0.04221 M            
=    n / 151.956 M    (in m3/s)            
=    n / 151.956 M x (3.2808)^3 ft3    x  86400/day    
=    20078.68 n/M    (in ft3/day)            
=    0.02007868 n/M    mmscfd    (divide by
1million)                        

Example:  For 1000kg/hr O2                    

    M    =    32.0     for O2                        
then                                            
Vol flowrate    =    0.02007868 n/M                                    
    =    0.02007868 x 1000/32            

    =    0.6275    mmscfd