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A simple correlation to estimate natural gas viscosity

Jarrahian, A ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2014.06.004
  3. Abstract:
  4. A general investigation of the viscosity of natural gas as a function of temperature, pressure and composition was carried out to develop a generalized correlation. The model obtained was based on 3231 data points of 29 multicomponent mixtures in wide ranges of pressures (0.1-137.8MPa), temperatures (241-473K) and specific gravities (0.573-1.337). Correction terms for non-hydrocarbons of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen were up to 70, 54.4 and 15.8 of mole percent, respectively. The arithmetic average of the model's absolute error was found to be 5.05%, which is acceptable in engineering calculations and has superiority over other methods in its class
  5. Keywords:
  6. Natural gas ; Correlation ; Viscosity
  7. Source: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering ; Volume 20 , September 2014 , Pages 50–57
  8. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187551001400153X?np=y