A practical equation of state
- Montana Tech (US)
To use the Peng-Robinson equation of state (PREOS) to predict the phase and volumetric behavior of hydrocarbon mixtures, one needs to know the critical pressure, p{sub c}, critical temperature, T{sub c}, and acentric factor, {omega}, for each component present in the mixture. for pure compounds, the required properties are well-defined, but nearly all naturally occurring gas and crude oil fluids contain some heavy fractions that are not well-defined and are not mixtures of discretely identified components. These heavy fractions often are lumped and called the plus fraction (e.g., C{sub 7+} fraction). Adequately characterizing these undefined plus fractions in terms of their critical properties and acentric factors has long been a problem. Changing the characterization of the plus fraction can have a significant effect on the volumetric and phase behavior of a mixture predicted by the PREOS. This limitation of the PREOS results from an improper procedure of determining coefficients a, b, and {alpha} for the plus fraction and for hydrocarbon components with critical temperatures less than the system temperature (i.e., methane and nitrogen). This paper presents a practical approach to calculating the parameters of the PREOS for the undefined fractions to improve the predictive capability of the equation. use of the modified equation is illustrated by matching laboratory data on several crude oil and gas-condensate systems.
- OSTI ID:
- 5680410
- Journal Information:
- SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Reservoir Engineering; (United States), Vol. 6:1; ISSN 0885-9248
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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