Compressibility Z-factor (Dranchuk-Abu-Kassem Method)_us.

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ORIGIN 1
The Dranchuk-Abu-Kassem Method Dranchuk and Abu-Kassem (1975) derived an analytical expression for calculating the reduced gas density that can be used to estimate the gas compressibility factor. The reduced gas density r is defined as the ratio of the gas density at a specified pressure and temperature to that of the gas at its critical pressure or temperature, or:

zc p Tc r z Pc T
Where

zc 0.27 p ppr Pc T Tpr Tc

Let

Subscripts: c = critical point pr =pseudo-reduced

zc ppr r z Tpr

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0.3265 1.07 0.5339 0.01569 0.05165 A 0.5475 0.7361 0.1844 0.1056 0.6134 0.7210

A A A A 2 3 4 5 A + 3 + + + 4 5 1 T Tpr Tpr Tpr pr ppr zc Tpr A A 7 8 ppr , Tpr + r A6 + T 2 Tpr pr A A 8 7 + A 2 9 Tpr Tpr A 10 3 Tpr

Example 2-10 (Page 61) Input Critical Pressure:

Pc 668.4 psi Tc 395.5 R zc 0.27 p 2000 psi T 600 R p ppr = 2.992 Pc T Tpr = 1.517 Tc

Critical Pressure:

Critical gas compressibility factor:

Pressure: Temperature:

Pseudo-reduced Pressure:

Pseudo-reduced Temperature:

0.5352 0.5325 r ppr , Tpr = 0.1424 0.0428 0.1757

Solution

1.050 Tpr < 3.000 0.20 ppr 3.0

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2 A r 2 f r r + r 2 r 5 + 1 + A r 2 e 11 + 1 1 3 4 5 11 r

Initial guess:

z 0.78
Guess Values

Constraints Solver

f r 0

r Find r

r = 0.5855 z = 0.910 r
Reference "Natural Gas Engineering Handbook", pages 24-25 Hall and Yarborough (1973) presented more accurate correlation to estimate z-factor of natural gas. This correlation is summarized as follows:

1 t Tpr
2 ( ) A 0.035 0.06125 t e 1.2 (1 t) B 6.800 2 14.76 9.76 t + 4.58 t t = 33.306 2 C 90.7 242.2 t + 42.4 t t D 4.039 2.18 + 2.82 t

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r + r 2 + r 3 r 4 r A ppr B r 2 + C r D f 3 1 r z 0.7
Guess Values Constraints

A ppr r z

f r 0

r > 0

Solver

r Find r

r = 0.1339

A ppr z = 0.785 r
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