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Effect of Relative Density
Effect of Relative Density
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Figure 2. Variation of saturated water content of sweet natural gas with the dry gas relative density and pressure
at 4.4 C (40 F)
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Figure 3. Variation of saturated water content of sweet natural gas with the dry gas relative density and pressure
at 23.9 C (75 F)
Figure 4. Variation of saturated water content of sweet natural gas with the dry gas relative density and pressure
at 37.8 C (100 F)
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Figure 5. Variation of saturated water content of sweet natural gas with the dry gas relative density and pressure
at 149 C (300 F)
While the results presented in the above diagrams are in agreement with Figure 6.1 of Reference [7], it is not in
agreement with the suggested correction factor in the inset of Figure 20-3 of the GPSA data book [8] and the
results of Reference [9]. For the gases with relative density of 0.6 up to 0.8, the GPSA figure indicates a
correction factor of 1 to about 0.97 should be multiplied by the water content of saturated water content of sweet
gas with relative density of 0.6. This study indicates that for the range of 0.6 to 0.8 relative density, the water
content is not a function of the hydrocarbon gas composition. To verify the result of this study, the saturated
water content of several gas mixtures were compared with the results of EzThermo [10] software. The SRK EOS
in the EzThermo software was developed and regressed to predict the properties of sweet synthetic natural gas
and natural gas compositions [11]. The same is also valid for the SRK EOS in ProMax. The comparison of these
two software is presented in Table 2. This table indicates an excellent agreement between these two software.
Table 2. Comparison of the ProMax [6] and EzThermo [10] predicted saturated water content results at 37.8 C
(100 F)
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Conclusions
Figures 2 through 5 cover wide ranges of pressures and temperatures commonly encountered in the gas
processing operation. The analysis of Figures 2 through 5 indicates that the gas relative density has minimal
effect on the saturated water content of sweet natural gases. This conclusion is valid for the following ranges:
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Additional experimental water content data are being taken and analyzed by the GPA Research Committee to
update the relative density correction factor as presented in [8]. From the data that are currently available, it
appears that this correction is minimal if any for gas compositions, and temperature and pressure ranges that
typically occur in the oil and gas facilities. This will be confirmed once the results from the GPA Research
Committee have been published.
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