Using Lee-Kesler Equation of State To Compute The Compressibility Factor of CO2 - Content Natural Gas
Using Lee-Kesler Equation of State To Compute The Compressibility Factor of CO2 - Content Natural Gas
Using Lee-Kesler Equation of State To Compute The Compressibility Factor of CO2 - Content Natural Gas
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Article history: To improve the compressibility factor prediction of CO2-content natural gas, this short communication
Received 21 March 2016 proposes a new combinational Stewart-Burkhardt-Voo (SBV) þ Prausnitz-Gunn (PG) mixing rule for the
Received in revised form Lee-Kesler equation of state. The rule suggests using SBV and PG mixing rules for the pseudocritical
11 July 2016
temperature and pressure computations, respectively, when the reduced temperature is higher than one
Accepted 14 July 2016
Available online 18 July 2016
and the reduced pressure is higher than five; otherwise, the pseudocritical temperature and pressure is
calculated according to SBV mixing rule. Comparisons between experimental and calculation data show
that the maximum average relative deviation is 1.56% when the mole fraction of CO2 is less than 50%.
Keywords:
Carbon dioxide
© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Natural gas
Compressibility factor
Lee-Kesler equation of state
Mixing rule
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using experimental data with wide ranges of temperature, pressure 2.2. Mixing rules
and composition.
The reduced parameters in LK EoS are calculated based on the
critical parameters. For a pure fluid, we can use the actual critical
2. Compressibility factor calculation based on LK EoS temperature/pressure/specific volume of the fluid. For mixtures,
the pseudocritical parameters are preferred, which should be
2.1. LK EoS and compressibility factor calculation calculated according to the specified mixing rules. This paper ex-
amines five mixing rules: Lee-Kesler, Plocker-Knapp, Stewart-
LK EoS was proposed by Lee and Kesler in 1975 (Lee and Kesler Burkhardt-Voo, Kay and Wichert-Aziz, and Prausnitz-Gunn mix-
(1975)). Its general form is expressed by Eq. (1). ing rules.
!
Pr Vr B C D c g g a. Lee-Kesler (LK) mixing rule (Lee and Kesler, 1975)
¼ 1 þ þ 2 þ 5 þ 34 2 bþ exp (1)
Tr Vr Vr Vr Tr Vr Vr2 Vr2 " ! !
1 X
n Xn
2=3
pffiffiffiffiffiffi Xn
1=3
pffiffiffiffiffiffi
Tcm ¼ xv T þ3 xi vci Tci xi vvci Tci
where pr is the reduced pressure p/pc; p is the pressure; pc is the 4vcm i¼1 i ci ci i¼1 i¼1
critical pressure; Vr is the reduced specific mole volume pcV/RTc; V #
is the mole volume; Tr is the reduced temperature T/Tc; Tc is the
critical temperature; R is the gas constant; T is the temperature; B,
C, and D are defined by Eqs. (2)e(4).
(7)
. .
B ¼ b1 b2 =Tr b3 Tr2 b4 Tr3 (2) !
P
0:2905 0:085 xi ui RTcm
. i¼1
C ¼ c1 c2=T þ c3 T 3 (3) pcm ¼ (8)
r r vcm
Table 1
Constants in Eqs. (2)e(4).
Constant Simple fluid Reference fluid Constant Simple fluid Reference fluid
Table 2 Table 4
Seven mixing rules for LK EoS. ARDs of different mixing rules.
Combinational mixing rule Tr > 1 and Pr > 5 Other regions Mixing rule Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Overall
region
LK 1.05 3.17 4.67 2.96
Tcm Pcm Tcm Pcm PK 1.88 1.85 1.40 1.71
SBV 1.47 1.45 0.80 1.24
LK LK
Kay þ WA 1.67 5.54 4.02 3.74
PK PK
LK þ PG 1.05 2.38 1.91 1.78
SBV SBV
PK þ PG 1.88 1.82 1.31 1.67
Kay þ WA Kay þ WA
SBV þ PG 1.45 1.31 0.74 1.17
LK þ PG LK PG LK LK
PK þ PG PK PG PK PK
SBV þ PG SBV PG SBV SBV
In this paper, we do not consider the H2S content in the gas, and
the H2S-related terms in Eqs. (21) and (22) should be removed.
X
n
Pcm ¼ xi Pci (19) 3. Evaluation of mixing rules
i¼1
To evaluate the mixing rules, the compressibility factors of three
Based on Kay's mixing rule, Wichert and Aziz suggest adjusting gas samples are tested by experimental methods. The compositions
the pseudocritical parameters using Eqs. (20) and (21) when the gas of the samples are listed in Table 3, which indicates that the mole
contains hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
0
Tcm ¼ Tcm ε (20)
0
Pcm Tcm
0
Pcm ¼ (21)
Tcm þ xH2 S 1 xH2 S ε
Table 3
Compositions of three gas samples.
Table 5
Compositions of natural-gas samples with CO2.
Component N2 CO2 CH4 C2H6 C3H8 iC4H10 nC4H10 iC5H12 i-C6H14 Data source
Sample 13 2.05 9.84 86.02 1.67 0.31 0.04 0.05 0.01 (Bian et al., 2012)
Sample 14 1.24 28.86 67.73 1.59 0.42 0.06 0.07 0.03
Sample 15 50.83 50.99 46.54 1.16 0.33 0.05 0.06 0.02 0.01
Sample 16 89.94 9.44 0.21 0.10 0.06 0.06 0.16 (Simon et al., 1977)
fraction of CO2 is 0e50%. Twenty-six data points for each sample Table 6 shows that the minimum RD is 0e0.45% and the
are collected at pressures from 3.45 to 34.47 MPa and temperatures maximum RD is 0.92e9.18% for all thirteen samples. The maximum
of 282.6 K and 377 K (Adisoemarta et al., 2004). RD may be caused by abnormal experimental data. For example, the
Seventy-eight set compressibility factors are calculated using LK experimental data of samples 10e12 in Fig. 2 are not sufficiently
EoS with four basic mixing rules and three combinational mixing smooth, which is not consistent with the reality. Unlike the
rules under identical pressure and temperature conditions to the experimental data, the calculations always give smooth results for
experiments. The relative deviation (RD) and average relative de- all samples, although the curves are notably complicated (sample
viation (ARD) between the experimental and calculated 16).
compressibility factors are defined in Eqs. (24) and (25), respec- Table 6 illustrates that the proposed method has satisfactory
tively, to quantitatively evaluate the mixing rule. accuracy in wide pressure and temperature ranges if the CO2 con-
tent is below 50%. For example, the maximum ARD is 1.56% for
Zcal Zexp samples 4 to 11, which were in the pressure range of
RD ¼ 100% (24)
Zexp 0.34e48.44 MPa and temperature range of 310.9e377.0 K. How-
ever, the deviations between calculations and experimental data
N
from Bian's article (Bian et al., 2012) are larger than 2.0%, possibly
1 X Zcali Zexp i
ARD ¼ 100% (25) because of the specific experimental methods.
N i¼1 Zexp i If the CO2 content is above 50%, larger deviations are observed.
For example, the ARDs of samples 12, 15 and 16 are 3.18%, 3.80% and
where N is the total number of data points; Zcali and Zexpi are the 3.02%, respectively. The ARD of sample 16 in this work is slightly
calculated and experimental compressibility factors, respectively. better than that in Simon's results (Simon et al., 1977), which are
The ARDs with regard to the combinations of LK EoS and 3.80% and 3.20% when the CSP method and BWR EoS are applied,
different mixing rules are listed in Table 4. The results show that the respectively.
Kay þ WA mixing rule gives the worst results, and the SBV þ PG The comparisons show that the proposed method is reliable for
combinational mixing rule has the best accuracy. When the PG the calculation of compressibility factors when the CO2 mole frac-
mixing rule is combined with the LK, PK or SBV mixing rules, the tion is below 50.0%. To enhance the accuracy of LK EoS and the
accuracy of the three original mixing rules is significantly corresponding mixing rules for CO2-content natural gas, additional
improved. The ARD of the SBV þ PG combinational mixing rule is improvement methods should be studied based on more experi-
1.17%. mental data in the future.
The comparisons between experimental and calculated values
using the SBV þ PG mixing rule are shown in Fig. 1. If all calculated
5. Conclusions
values are consistent with the experimental data, the scatter points
should lie on the 45 line on the plot. The plot demonstrates that
Based on the Lee-Kesler EoS, the compressibility calculation
most calculated values are notably consistent with the experi-
method for natural gas with CO2 was studied. Seven mixing rules
mental data. Thus, we suggest using the new SBV þ PG mixing rule
were applied to compute the pseudocritical temperature and
to predict the compressibility factors of natural gas with CO2. In the
pressure of the gas. We found that the combination of the SBV þ PG
following section, more experimental data are examined to validate
mixing rule and LK EoS could accurately predict the compressibility
the proposed method.
factors of natural gas with CO2. The new SBV þ PG mixing rule
suggests using SBV and PG mixing rules for the pseudocritical-
4. Results and discussion temperature and pressure computations, respectively, when the
reduced temperature is higher than one and the reduced pressure
In this section, the experimental compressibility factors of is higher than five. Otherwise, both pseudocritical temperature and
thirteen gas samples are collected from four studies to validate the pressure should be calculated according to the SBV mixing rule.
proposed combination of LK EoS and SBV þ PG mixing rule. The In total, 490 sets of experimental compressibility factors were
compositions are listed in Table 5. The mole fractions of CO2 in the applied to validate the proposed method, which covered wide
gas samples are 5.06e89.94%. The comparisons between the pressure and temperature ranges of 0.34e47.44 MPa and
experimental and calculated compressibility factors are shown in 273.2e377.0 K. The results showed that the maximum ARD is 1.56%
Fig. 2. The deviation analysis is listed in Table 6. when the mole fraction of CO2 is below 50%. Otherwise, the ARD
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Table 6
Accuracy analysis of the calculation results.
Sample Pressure (MPa) Temperature (K) Data points xCO2 (%) Max. RD Min. RD ARD Data source
Sample 4 7.07e48.44 310.9e344.3 33 5.06 1.62 0.45 0.87 (Buxton and Campbell, 1967)
Sample 5 7.07e48.44 310.9e344.3 33 10.13 0.92 0.00 0.32
Sample 6 7.07e48.44 310.9e344.3 33 20.16 3.28 0.15 1.16
Sample 7 7.07e48.44 310.9e344.3 33 10.91 1.29 0.02 0.79
Sample 8 7.07e48.44 310.9e344.3 33 12.92 3.11 0.34 1.26
Sample 13 3e15 273.2e313.2 35 9.84 6.17 0.20 2.38 (Bian et al., 2012)
Sample 14 3e15 273.2e313.2 35 28.86 8.71 0.00 3.39
Sample 15 3e15 273.2e313.2 35 50.99 9.18 0.01 3.80
Sample 16 4.69e20.69 282.6e320.0 64 89.94 5.76 0.02 3.02 (Simon et al., 1977)
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