Example 2-4: Phase envelope of a natural gas with retrograde condensa

T (C)
-23.434042
-23.298529
-16.363409
-13.382879
-10.314306
-7.1583314
-3.9170289
-0.59421384
2.8039184
6.2680907
9.7849674
13.335932
16.89538
20.4284
23.887506
27.208002
27.634241
30.300898
33.041771
35.251976
36.060722
36.663872
36.961784
36.846947
36.303307
35.017052
30.222284
29.326105
22.682245
15.619287
8.7148075
3.7301879
3.0019469
2.2676024
2.2576537
-3.6434083
-8.9794979
-13.790655
-16.017675
-16.665716
-17.929068
-18.301962
-19.036154
-19.254416
-19.686743
-20.010641
-20.610434
-20.916983

Dew curve:
P (MPa)
0.101325
0.10233825
0.16705669
0.20404348
0.24921927
0.30439713
0.37179148
0.45410714
0.55464768
0.67744823
0.82743721
1.010634
1.2343912
1.5076888
1.8414953
2.2492075
2.3097586
2.7471882
3.355423
4.0983231
4.5171791
5.005703
5.6834023
6.1139793
6.7245995
7.4676315
8.9320198
9.1209854
10.143873
10.765939
11.068656
11.13944
11.140554
11.139439
11.13941
11.052564
10.864306
10.61417
10.474598
10.431295
10.343526
10.316777
10.263023
10.246764
10.214189
10.189461
10.142957
10.118833

T (C)
-162.35211
-162.21536
-161.90411
-161.2216
-159.81729
-157.85875
-155.79427
-153.6149
-151.31081
-148.87114
-146.28403
-143.53644
-140.61421
-137.50203
-134.18346
-130.64108
-126.8568
-122.8122
-118.48922
-113.8711
-110.09557
-108.94346
-103.69584
-98.123161
-92.226982
-89.612236
-86.015724
-79.502357
-74.67112
-72.697411
-65.592476
-62.071617
-58.126152
-50.432732
-50.116615
-41.132225
-38.676903
-30.248129
-29.860037
-29.074209
-27.866171
-26.935965
-25.175955
-25.011251
-22.575369
-21.943228
-21.775686
-21.523092

P (MPa)
0.101325
0.10233825
0.10467422
0.1099434
0.12143832
0.13901298
0.15961186
0.18383172
0.21240013
0.24620626
0.28633869
0.33413219
0.39122467
0.45962601
0.54179978
0.6407578
0.76016545
0.90445232
1.0789155
1.2897953
1.4819788
1.5442892
1.8504559
2.2169479
2.6525152
2.8616194
3.1652493
3.7616505
4.2412598
4.4457821
5.2191273
5.6209003
6.0821381
7.0005409
7.0384323
8.100013
8.3801819
9.2794739
9.3180527
9.3953026
9.5116676
9.5992256
9.7598221
9.774498
9.9842316
10.036343
10.04999
10.070432

Pressure (MPa)

Bubble curve:

20

Bubb

Dew

Critic

15

State

10

0
-200

-150

0
-200
-21.36968
-21.072027
-20.917257

Critical point
T (C)
P (Mpa)
-20.916983 10.118833

10.08277
10.10654
10.118812

-150

h retrograde condensation
Comp
Methane
Nitrogen
CO2
Ethane
Propane
Butanes
Pentanes
Hexanes
C7+
C8+

% mol
0.74610
0.00630
0.00010
0.12526
0.08043
0.03081
0.00811
0.00212
0.00056
0.00021
1

Working path
T (C)
60
25
25
25

P (MPa)
15
15
9
1

Pressure (MPa)

Phase envelope of a natural gas

20
Bubble line
Dew line
Critical point

15

States

10

5
D
0
-200

-150

-100

-50

Temperature (C)

50

100

0
-200

-150

-100

-50

Temperature (C)

50

100

Comp
% mol

ral gas

D
50

100

50

100

Methane Nitrogen CO2

0.746099 0.0063 0.0001

Ethane
0.12525

Propane Butanes Pentanes Hexanes

C7+
0.080432 0.030812 0.008113 0.00212 0.00056

C8+
0.00021