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THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF
INDIVIDUAL HYDROCARBONS OF
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GASES
Properties, Methods, and
Low-Carbon Technologies
BORIS A. GRIGORIEV
Department of the Study of Oil and Gas Reservoir Systems, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas,
Moscow, Russia
ANATOLY A. GERASIMOV
Department of Civil Engineering, Kaliningrad State Technical University, Kaliningrad, Russia
IGOR S. ALEXANDROV
Institute of Marine Technology, Energy and Construction, Kaliningrad State Technical University, Kaliningrad, Russia
BORIS V. NEMZER
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Boris A. Grigoriev, PhD, ScD, graduated more than 100 scientific works in the field of
from the Grozny State Oil Technical Univer- thermophysical properties of substances,
sity and is a member of the Russian Academy including 3 monographs.
of Sciences. Dr. Grigoriev is currently a profes- Igor S. Alexandrov, PhD, ScD, graduated
sor at the department of the study of oil and from Kaliningrad State Technical University
gas reservoir systems at Gubkin Russian State and is currently Director of the Institute of
University of Oil and Gas. He has authored Marine Technology, Energy and Construc-
more than 400 scientific works, including a tion at Kaliningrad State Technical Univer-
very popular textbook on heat and mass trans- sity. Dr. Alexandrov has authored more
fer and 6 books on thermophysical properties than 100 scientific works in the field of
of hydrocarbons, oils, petroleum products, thermophysical properties of substances.
aqueous solutions, ordinary and heavy water,
sulfur hexafluoride, and other energy carriers. Boris V. Nemzer, PhD, FRSC, is Vice Presi-
He is a distinguished member of various dent of R&D and Director of Research and
national and international societies and asso- Analytical Center at FutureCeuticals, Inc.
ciations such as Bureau of the National Com- (United States), and a professor at the Uni-
mittee on the Thermophysical Properties of versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Substances, International Association for the (United States). Dr. Nemzer is an author of
Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS), more than 180 scientific papers published
National Committee on Data for Science and in peer-reviewed journals and 3 books in
Technology (CODATA). the areas of thermophysical properties of
Anatoly A. Gerasimov, PhD, ScD, graduated substances, physical and analytical chemis-
from the Grozny State Oil Technical Uni- try, nutrition, and food sciences. He is a fel-
versity and is currently a professor in the low and distinguished member of various
department of heat and gas supply and ven- national and international scientific societies
tilation at Kaliningrad State Technical and associates.
University. Dr. Gerasimov has authored
vii
Foreword
One of the most important priorities in sci- experimental data on the properties of hy-
entific and technological progress in energy drocarbons obtained in the thermophysical
production is the increase in the efficiency laboratory of Grozny State Oil Technical Uni-
of recovery, processing, and transportation versity, as well as the detailed analysis of
of hydrocarbons. The problems associated these data.
with the exploration of complex, offshore, This book also examines modern methods
gas-hydrate fields and the extraction of for developing fundamental and local equa-
low-pressure gas from the fields that have tions of state and methods for the prediction
entered the final stages of operation require of thermophysical properties, which are
the development of fundamental scientific used for modeling the production,
knowledge to create novel technologies for processing, and transportation of hydrocar-
the production and processing of hydrocar- bons. The main concept and principles of
bons. Therefore, knowledge of the hydrogen-based energy and the role of hy-
thermophysical properties of fluids is essen- drocarbons in the process of transition to hy-
tial for this development. drogen energy are discussed. The
This reference monograph Thermophysical significance of the fundamental equations
Properties of Individual Hydrocarbons of Petro- of state of hydrocarbons and associated
leum and Natural and Gases compiled by Boris gases in solving the problems of global
A. Grigoriev, a corresponding member of the warming is emphasized.
Russian Academy of Sciences, and his co- We believe that the monograph will be in-
workers summarizes the results of decades- teresting and useful to a broad community of
long experimental and theoretical studies engineers and researchers working in
of thermophysical properties of main groups this field.
of hydrocarbons, commonly existing in oil
and gas condensates under a wide range of
conditions (from the triple-point tempera-
Jan V. Sengersa and Mikhail A. Anisimovb
tures to 700 K and pressures up to 100 MPa) a
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Institute
in the liquid and vapor phases, including of Physical Science & Technology, University
the critical region. of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
The monograph pays major attention to b
Distinguished University Professor, Department
the description of experimental methods, es- of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
timation of measurement uncertainties, and and Institute of Physical Science & Technology,
reliability of experimental data. The authors University of Maryland, College Park, MD,
have decided to publish almost all the United States
ix
Dedicated to the staff of the Industrial Thermophysical
Laboratory of the Grozny State Oil Technical University
Preface
Oil and natural gas are the core elements natural gas, oil, coal, biomass, and other or-
of the global economy and politics. Today, ganic sources.
the production, refining, and transportation A high-quality energy transition will re-
of oil and gas are becoming objects of inter- quire the development of efficient processes
national disputes and conflicts. They are in- for producing hydrogen with a low carbon
creasingly being used as tools to influence footprint (different levels: gray, blue, green);
countries and regions. Just a few decades capturing, transporting, storing, and effi-
ago, the era of oil and gas seemed to be com- ciently disposing of carbon dioxide; and re-
ing to an end with the depletion of fossil fuel ducing man-made emissions of natural and
reserves, as well as the obvious progress in associated petroleum gases. All this will
the development of alternative energy require further improvement and develop-
sources. However, the end of the 20th cen- ment of technologies for the production
tury and the beginning of the 21st century and transport of carbon and hydrocarbon
were marked by a new turn in the develop- raw materials, which are impossible without
ment of the oil and gas industry. Large the knowledge of the thermophysical prop-
new deposits were discovered in the shelf erties of energy sources, intermediate and
zones of the seas and oceans. New technolo- final reaction products, reservoir fluids, oil-
gies for the development and production of and gas-saturated reservoirs, etc.
hydrocarbons from structurally complex Successes and prospects for the develop-
fields, such as shale oil and gas, have been ment of the oil and gas industry were made
created; old fields operated dozens and even possible thanks to numerous studies of the
hundreds of years ago have been turned on properties of oil, natural gas, and their compo-
due to new technologies, and intensive work nents in research laboratories in different
is being done to create technologies for pilot- countries and the support of these studies by
commercial production of natural gas from governments and businesses. The key point
gas hydrate deposits. of these studies is the study of the physico-
At the same time, due to climate change, chemical and thermophysical properties of
today, the issue of diversifying the energy in- the most important hydrocarbons of oil and
dustry as one of the main anthropogenic natural gas: alkanes, cycloalkanes, and arenes,
“suppliers” of greenhouse gases is very as well as gases associated with the extraction
acute. A rational solution may be the develop- of oil and natural gas, such as hydrogen,
ment of hydrogen energy, if technological helium, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen
processes and capacities for the production sulfide, water vapor, and others. The develop-
of hundreds of millions of tons of hydrogen ment of new technologies for influencing the
are created. Moreover, over the next reservoir and the bottom-hole zone to increase
20–30years, the most competitive will be the oil and condensate recovery, improving
processes of hydrogen production from methods for modeling reservoir systems,
xi
xii Preface
supercritical technologies for oil production for some of them there was a set of data on
and processing require knowledge of the thermodynamic properties and transfer
thermophysical properties of oil, natural gas, coefficients, covering liquid and gaseous
and their components in a wide range of tem- states, phase transition lines, and critical
peratures and pressures. and supercritical regions over wide ranges
Systematic studies of the physicochemical of temperatures and pressures. These
properties of oil hydrocarbons were carried substances include light hydrocarbon
out in the first half of the 20th century at the gases (methane, ethane, propane, and bu-
American Petroleum Institute (API) by tane) as well as n-hexane, cyclohexane,
F. Rossini and other employees. The study of and toluene. These data are fragmentary
caloric properties at low temperatures in re- for most hydrocarbons, and information on
search projects No. 6 and No. 44 was them is scattered over numerous literary
conducted under the auspices of the US Na- sources. Therefore, numerous consumers of
tional Bureau of Standards (NBS). The work thermophysical information—scientific en-
of the Thermodynamic Research Center of gineers in universities, research and design
the Texas A&M University System on the for- organizations—had to use the information
mation of a data bank of the thermophysical that was not sufficiently reliable in some
properties of hydrocarbons and other techni- cases, which they found in the literature,
cally important substances was noteworthy. when conducting thermodynamic and
Concurrently, active studies of hydrocarbon heat-mass transfer calculations. The situation
properties were carried out at a number of uni- was constantly complicated because more and
versities in Germany, France, and England. more new substances and technologies and
A significant contribution to the study of multicomponent mixtures, for which knowl-
the thermophysical properties of oil hydrocar- edge of properties was required, began to
bons was made by scientists from a number of appear. In this regard, new, expensive experi-
research centers in the USSR, such as the State mental studies were carried out and forecast-
Service of Standard Reference Data (SSSRD), ing calculation methods were created. But
the Grozny State Oil Technical University an increase in the volume of information and
(GSOTU), the Azerbaijan Oil and Gas Institute, its sources does not mean an increase in its
the Moscow State University, Moscow Power reliability. At the same time, in modern
Engineering Institute, Odessa Institute of publications (monographs, reference books,
Marine Fleet Engineers, Dagestan Scientific study guides) on the development of oil and
Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences gas condensate fields and transportation
(RAS), the Institute of High Temperatures of and processing of hydrocarbons, the sections
the RAS, Institutes of Thermophysics of the devoted to the calculation of thermophysical
Ural and Siberian Branches of the RAS. properties are based, with rare exceptions,
At the beginning of the 1960s, large-scale on nonsystematic information, the reliability
comprehensive studies of the thermophysical of which requires additional evaluation.
properties of oils, oil products, gas conden- The same claims can be made for the
sates and their fractions, as well as the main software products that were widely used for
groups of oil hydrocarbons, were started in calculating the thermophysical properties of
the Industrial Thermophysical Laboratory hydrocarbons. This results in the need for a
(ITPL) at GSOTU. critical analysis of existing experimental data
Despite the large number of publications and methods for calculating the thermo-
on the properties of oil hydrocarbons, only physical properties of oil hydrocarbons. Such
Preface xiii
an analysis has been carried out in the last and aromatic hydrocarbons are based on
10–15years by several international groups long-term, comprehensive, wide-range exper-
of scientists: in the United States (NIST) by imental studies carried out in ITPL at GSOTU
Lehmann, Eli et al.; in Germany (Ruhr Univer- (our own experimental data). Studies on hy-
sity) by W. Wagner; in England (Imperial drocarbon properties by domestic scientists
College) by W. Weyham et al.; and in Australia and scientists from the Commonwealth of In-
(University of Western Australia) by Eric May, dependent States (CIS) countries were used to
Ken Marsh et al. In Russia, such works were the maximum extent in the analysis. Many of
carried out at the Kaliningrad State Technical these works are either inaccessible to Western
University, All-Russian Institute of Natural authors or, for some reason, they have been
Gases and Gas Technologies (VNIIGAZ), ignored. At the same time, we have fully used
SSSRD, Institute of Thermophysics of the both experimental data and methodological
Siberian Branch of the RAS. Study groups developments of our Western colleagues in
actively interact with each other and exchange the analysis.
information on both experimental data and A correct, objective analysis of the experi-
studies and methods for constructing calcula- mental data involved in the development of
tion equations. calculation equations is impossible without
All available experimental data and assessing the reliability and accuracy of the
methods for calculating the thermodynamic experimental methods and experimental con-
properties and transfer coefficients of con- ditions and considering various corrections re-
sidered in this book hydrocarbons are ana- lated to disturbing factors, the correct use of
lyzed in this reference monograph offered the applied measurement equipment and
to the reader. There were difficulties with instruments, the purity of the hydrocarbons
the design of the bibliographic references under study and their thermal stability in
due to the large number of publications. It the studied range of state parameters, etc.
was considered appropriate to limit refer- We paid attention to all these features when
ences to publications with reliable evaluated analyzing and processing data from studies
data. In addition, in cases where we had the by various authors. However, it is not possible
opportunity to work with theses and mono- to describe the many methods and facilities
graphs, references were made to them, rather based on which the experimental material
than to the original articles. As a result, the used in this work was obtained. At the same
number of references has been reduced time, we consider it necessary and appropriate
significantly. to incorporate in the book descriptions of test
Information on the main groups of hydrocar- facilities and experimental methods for mea-
bons of oil and gas condensates and their phys- suring thermophysical properties—density,
icochemical properties are presented in brief in isobaric heat capacity, surface tension, viscos-
the first chapter. The reader is referred to the ity, and thermal conductivity—developed or
monographs by F.D. Rossini, A. A. Petrova, improved in ITPL at GSOTU, as well as plants
and others for additional information. where the study of isochoric heat capacity
It should be noted our work in this mono- (Dagestan Scientific Center of the RAS) and
graph differs significantly from that of our sound velocity (Kursk State Pedagogical
foreign colleagues working on the equations University) were carried out.
of state. Our analysis and development of In our opinion, the inclusion of this infor-
the equations of state and interpolation mation the second chapter is justified by the
dependences for n-alkanes, cyclohexane, fact that the reader and user of this reference
xiv Preface
monograph will get an idea of the complex- The third chapter analyzes the state of the
ity of a thermophysical experiment and the research on the thermodynamic properties of
value of a reliable experimental setup, as oil hydrocarbons in the phase equilibrium
well as the value of forecast calculation lines: crystal-gas, crystal-liquid, and liquid-
methods based on reliable experimental data gas. Using local and fundamental equations
and fundamental theory. of state, a database of hydrocarbon proper-
The expediency can be attributed to the ties in the phase equilibrium lines was
fact that for a thermophysical experiment a formed; the temperatures and enthalpies of
large number of devices and plants are cur- phase transitions at the reference points were
rently developed and produced by industry. calculated; and the individual and general-
The plants are usually automated, equipped ized equations for saturation pressure, the
with microprocessors, and have unified mea- corresponding densities and heat capacities
suring instruments, data transmission, and of the liquid and gas phases, as well as the
processing channels. This allows increasing surface tension were proposed.
the productivity and reducing the complex- Chapter 5 devoted to the development of
ity of the thermophysical experiment. But multiparameter fundamental equations of
there is also the flip side of the coin—the state will have an independent interest for
uniqueness of test facilities is lost, the moti- the reader. In writing this chapter, we were
vation to develop new research methods is guided by the work of Span, which will be
reduced, and the experimentator, who has very interesting and useful for specialists
obtained a ready-made device in his hands, (Span R. Multiparameter Equations of State,
often does not know the methodological sub- 2000), especially because this work, in
tleties, and it is difficult for him to assess the which modern effective methods for
presence and influence of disturbing factors constructing the fundamental equations of
on the study subject and on the measurement state are considered, is not accessible to a
result. wide circle of specialists. In addition to the
Therefore, the book gives a description of methods described in this specified publica-
17 original test facilities that have been suc- tion and partially described by us, other
cessfully used to experimentally study the possibly more effective methods, which
thermophysical properties of hydrocarbons we have experience in using, are also
and petroleum products for 25 years up to considered.
the known events in Grozny. The research To describe the thermodynamic proper-
method, its inherent amendments, the test fa- ties of oil hydrocarbons in the liquid and
cility design, the experimental technique, gas phases, including the critical state region
and the assessment of the accuracy of mea- in the parameter range from the triple point
surement results are described. Much atten- to 700 K at pressures of up to 100 MPa, we
tion is paid to the issues of thermostating, used multiparameter fundamental equations
pressure creation and measurement, and ac- of state in the form of the reduced Helmholtz
curacy of temperature changes. A fairly wide free energy.
range of the properties under study, such as As already noted, several study groups
melting line; saturated vapor pressure; p-, V-, are working on the development of these
T-dependence; Cp-, p-, T-dependence; Сv-, ρ-, equations for technically important sub-
T-dependence; sound velocity; surface ten- stances. Equations of state have already been
sion; thermal conductivity; and viscosity, obtained for a number of substances. Based
are covered. on an analysis of previously published
Preface xv
equations of state, we decided to take advan- Dagestan, at the Institute of Physics of the
tage of the achievements of Wagner, Dagestan Scientific Center of the RAS; at
Lemmon et al. and include the equations of the Institute of High Temperatures of the
state developed for light hydrocarbons RAS; and at SSSRD. We have proposed indi-
(gases such as CH4, C2H6, C3H8, n-C4H10, vidual and generalized interpolation equa-
isoC4H10) and cyclic liquid hydrocarbons tions for thermal conductivity and viscosity
(namely cyclopentane, methylcyclohexane, of the most important oil hydrocarbons.
propylcyclohexane, benzene, and toluene) In conclusion, we note that in this reference
in the book. We developed our own monograph offered to the reader, the infor-
multiparameter fundamental equations of mation on the estimated accuracy of the ther-
state for liquid n-alkanes from С5Н12 to modynamic and transport properties of the
С13Н28; o-, m-, and p-xylenes; ethylbenzene; most important oil hydrocarbons [n-alkanes
and cyclohexane as well as generalized equa- from СН4 to С13Н18; isoalkanes (isobutane,
tions of state for n-alkanes (from С5Н12 to isopentane, neopentane, isohexane); cyclanes
С50Н102) and cyclic hydrocarbons. It should (cyclopentane, cyclohexane, methylcy-
be noted that almost all publications on the clohexane, propylcyclohexane, benzene, tolu-
thermodynamic properties of oil hydrocar- ene, ethylbenzene, and o-, m-, p-xylenes)] as
bons were used during the development well as gases associated with oil and natural
and verification of these equations. Publica- gas extraction (hydrogen, helium, carbon
tions by researchers from Russia and the dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, water
countries of the former USSR will be of inter- vapor) is concentrated in the form of
est to Western researchers. multiparameter fundamental equations of
The thermodynamic properties of hydro- state and interpolation equations. The vast
carbons in the critical region are described majority of these equations and experimental
by the crossover equations of state. The coef- data used to create them were obtained by
ficients of the crossover equation for Н2О and the authors of this book or with their participa-
СО2 (J. Sengers and his group), СН4 and tion. The material concentrated in this mono-
С2Н6 (A. Abbasi), alkanes from n-С5Н12 to graph can be used for software to simulate
n-С8Н18, cyclohexane, benzene, and toluene, reservoir oil and gas systems and heat and
as well as for the generalized crossover mass transfer processes in hydrocarbon
equation of state are obtained. processing, transportation, and use technolo-
Considerable attention is paid to the anal- gies, while developing forecasting methods
ysis and selection of experimental and calcu- for calculating the properties of other
lated data on the transfer coefficients of oil homologous series, as well as hydrocarbon
hydrocarbons. Chapters 8 and 10 consider derivatives.
theoretical, semiempirical, and empirical We are grateful to Professor J. Sengers and
methods for calculating viscosity and ther- Professor M. Anisimov from the University
mal conductivity, respectively. The basis of of Maryland, United States, as well as Doctor
the database to obtain individual and gener- E. W. Lemmon from the US National Insti-
alized interpolation equations for calculating tute of Standards and Technology and Pro-
transport coefficients was formed by in- fessor W. Wagner from the Ruhr University
house research, as well as work performed of Germany, for their continued attention
in Baku, at Azizbekov Azineftekhim; in and support of our research.
Contents
v
vi Contents
7.2 Experimental setup for measuring the viscosity 9.5 Conclusions and recommendations 813
of liquid hydrocarbons at pressures up to References 814
60 MPa 544
7.3 Experimental setup for measuring the viscosity of 10. Methods for calculating the thermal
hydrocarbons in the liquid and gas phases 561
7.4 Apparatus for measuring the dynamic viscosity
conductivity of hydrocarbons
of liquids and gases by the capillary method at a 10.1 Dilute gas thermal conductivity of
constant pressure drop 568 substances 825
7.5 The results of the experimental measurement 10.2 Methods for calculating thermal conductivities
of the hydrocarbon viscosities 589 in a wide range of state parameters 833
7.6 Conclusions and recommendations 602 10.3 Thermal conductivity in the critical
References 603 region 841
10.4 Correlation equations of thermal conductivities
8. Methods for calculating the viscosity of hydrocarbons 847
of hydrocarbons 10.5 Conclusions and recommendations 875
References 875
8.1 Dilute gas viscosity 607
8.2 Methods for calculating viscosities in a wide range
of state parameters 619 11. Thermophysical aspects of low-carbon
8.3 Viscosity in the critical region 641 technologies in the energy and oil
8.4 Correlation equations of viscosities of oils and and gas industry
natural gases hydrocarbons 644 11.1 General data about global climate change 881
8.5 Conclusions and recommendations 677 11.2 Hydrogen energy 889
References 678 11.3 Storage and disposal of carbon dioxide 894
11.4 Conclusions 897
9. Experimental apparatus and results References 898
of measuring the thermal conductivity
of hydrocarbons Appendix A 901
9.1 Stationary hot wire method 688 Appendix B 943
9.2 Stationary method of coaxial cylinders 720 Appendix C 969
9.3 The method of coaxial cylinders in the mode
Appendix D 973
of monotonous heating 743
9.4 Results of the experimental study of the thermal Appendix E 997
conductivity of hydrocarbons 757 Index 1051
C H A P T E R
1
Hydrocarbons of petroleum
and natural gases
1.1 The main groups of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons
Petroleum and natural gases are complex mixtures of hydrocarbons and nonhydrocarbon
components—nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, hydrogen sulfide, etc. Without going into
details, we note that the difference between a petroleum reservoir and a natural gas reservoir
is only in the phase behavior when the temperature and pressure of the formation change. The
hydrocarbon composition of petroleum and natural gases is diverse. Hundreds of hydrocar-
bons of various structures representing almost all homologous series, with the exception of
alkenes, which are not contained in petroleum and natural gases, were found in them. F.D.
Rossini et al. have been systematically studying the physicochemical and some thermody-
namic properties of petroleum hydrocarbons for several years. Sufficiently detailed informa-
tion on these studies is contained in Ref. [1].
1.1.1 Alkanes
Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons with an open hydrocarbon chain. In natural hydro-
carbon mixtures, they are contained either in the form of normal structure aliphatic
hydrocarbons—n-alkanes: CH3–⋯ (–CH2–)n-2 ⋯–CH3, or in the form of isomers—isoalkanes.
The alkane formula has the form CnH2n+2, where n is the number of carbon atoms in the mol-
ecule. The first representative of this homologous range is methane (CH4). As an example, the
structure of three n-alkanes, methane, ethane, and butane, is shown in Fig. 1.1. The CdCdC
bond valence angle is 112°42’ and the distance between carbon atoms is 1.53 Å in normal
alkanes, judging by measurements based on electron diffraction. Detailed information on
the structure and chemical properties of alkanes is presented in Refs. [2, 3].
For simplicity of illustration, structures that are usually represented by the CH2 and
CH3 groups are not written but show only carbon bonds. For example, the structure for
n-heptadecane is shown in Fig. 1.2.
The first representative of isoalkanes is isobutane. Some examples of isomers are shown in
Figs. 1.3 and 1.4.
In the case of isooctane, if the CH3 group is attached to another carbon atom, then we will
get another substance—3-methylheptane. There are other options to attach a methyl group,
for example, 2,3-dimethylhexane and 2-methylheptane shown in a simplified form in Fig. 1.5.
In the name of the substances, the numbers indicate the carbon atom to which a methyl
group is attached. Accordingly, there are two isomers for butane, 3 ones—for pentane, 5
ones—for hexane, 9 ones—for heptane, 18 ones—for octane, 35 ones—for nonane, etc. The
number of isomers increases significantly with the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.
The number of isomers in C5–C12 paraffins exceeds 600, although only 200–400 of them are
found in petroleum mixtures.
Alkanes are gaseous, liquid, or solid substances under normal conditions. Gaseous com-
pounds contain from 1 to 4 carbon atoms (C1–C4) in the chain and are part of associated and
natural gases (methane, ethane, propane, butane, isobutane). Compounds containing from 5
to 15 carbon atoms (C5–C15) are liquid substances, and n-alkanes with carbon atoms over 16
are solids, which can be in a dissolved or crystalline state at the normal temperature in
petroleum, gas condensates, and high-boiling fractions.
1.1 The main groups of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons 3
The total alkane content in petroleum is generally 25%–30% (not including dissolved gases).
Considering the dissolved-state hydrocarbons, the alkane content rises to 40%–50%, and in
some petroleum—to 50%–70%. However, there are petroleums in which the alkane content
is only 10%–15%, similar to gas condensates.
structures, mainly with two common carbon atoms. In addition, hydrocarbons, which are var-
ious combinations of five- and six-membered rings, often containing aromatic rings—the so-
called hybrid hydrocarbons, were found in petroleum.
The main physicochemical properties of hydrocarbons include molar mass, normal boiling
point, relative density, refractive index, and kinematic viscosity coefficient. These properties
are used in the identification of hydrocarbons and especially complex hydrocarbon mixtures
of natural and process origin.
where Cfrac is the fraction of carbon atoms in the molecule: Cfrac ¼ nCn+CnH ; nC is the number of
carbon atoms in the molecule; nH is the number of hydrogen atoms; and M is the molar mass
(mass of kilomole) (kg/kmol).
The accuracy of the calculation is difficult to evaluate, but it is not high, and these methods
can only be recommended for evaluative calculations.
6 1. Hydrocarbons of petroleum and natural gases
where ρt4 is the relative density at a temperature t2 ¼ t and γ is the temperature correction of
density determined by the formula [11].
1
γ¼ (1.3)
43:65
1:706
MRE
where RE is the specific Eijkman refraction, which does not depend on temperature and is
determined by the formula [12].
2
ntD 1
RE ¼ t (1.4)
nD + 0:4 ρt4
where ntD and ρt4 are the refractive index and relative density at the t temperature, respectively.
The relative density is generally determined by the pycnometric method [9] with an error
of 0.02%. The accuracy for well-studied hydrocarbons, the density of which was determined
by other instrumental methods, can be increased to 0.01%.
nD 1
RGD ¼ (1.5)
ρ
– Lorentz-Lorenz formula
nD 1
RLL ¼ (1.6)
n2D + 2 ρ
where ρ is the hydrocarbon density measured at the same temperature as the refractive index.
The product of the specific refraction by the molar mass M is called a molecular refraction:
ðnD 1ÞM
RGDM ¼ (1.7)
ρ
ðnD 1Þ
RLLM ¼ (1.8)
n2D + 2 ρ
The molecular refraction is additive for mixtures. In addition, molecular refraction is equal
to the sum of atomic refractions, i.e., the group contribution method can be used to calculate it.
The refractive index of a test substance depends on the incident light wavelength. The re-
fractive index is the most important for light with a shorter wavelength and vice versa. The
dependence between the refractive index of light and its wavelength for a given substance is
characterized by the dispersion (scattering) of light.
In laboratory practice, a light source with a yellow sodium line D (wavelength λ ¼ 589.3 nm),
as well as hydrogen lines F (λ ¼ 486.1 nm) and G (λ ¼ 434.1 nm), is most often used.
The difference (nF nG) is called an average dispersion, and the ratio
nF nG 3
10
nD 1
a relative dispersion. Finally, the ratio
nF nG 4
10
ρ
is called a specific dispersion. The specific dispersions of arenes are much higher than those of
saturated alkanes and cycloalkanes.
In the identification of hydrocarbons, one more characteristic that is derived from the re-
fractive index—a RI refractometric difference—is widely used.
D 0:5ρ4
RI ¼ n20 20
(1.9)
8 1. Hydrocarbons of petroleum and natural gases
This value is almost constant for hydrocarbons of the same homologous series.
The refractive index in laboratory conditions is usually determined on refractometers for
the D line with an accuracy of (2 ∙ 104–1.5∙ 105) depending on the type of refractometer.
n-Heptane C7H16 99.96 100.205 0.6838 1.3876 182.55 371.58 540.1 2.7361 234
n-Octane C8H18 99.95 114.232 0.7025 1.3974 216.38 398.82 568.7 2.485 232
Isooctane C8H18 99.02 114.232 0.69190 1.3914 165.800 372.40 543.96 2.485 237
n-Nonane C9H20 99.60 128.259 0.7176 1.4054 219.65 423.95 594.4 2.290 231
2,3,5-Trimethylhexane C9H20 99.90 128.259 0.72191 1.4060 145.25 404.52 579.25 2.324 290
n-Decane C10H22 99.42 142.285 0.7301 1.4119 243.50 447.37 617.6 2.149 228
n-Undecane C11H24 99.37 156.313 0.7402 1.4173 247.58 469.04 638.8 2.004 227
n-Dodecane C12H26 99.64 170.340 0.7488 1.4215 263.58 489.43 658.1 1.859 226
n-Tridecane C13H28 99.09 184.367 0.7565 1.4254 267.78 508.58 675.2 1.756 224
n-Tetradecane C14H30 99.12 198.388 0.7630 1.4269 279.02 526.7 693.0 1.623 222
n-Pentadecane C15H32 98.89 212.419 0.7682 1.4318 283.0 543.8 708.0 1.480 220
n-Hexadecane C16H34 99.04 226.446 0.7734 1.4345 291.0 560.0 723.0 1.400 219
n-Heptadecane C17H36 96.14 240.473 0.7434a
1.4167a
295.0 575.2 736.0 1.340 218
n-Octadecane C18H38 96.00 254.500 0.7480a
1.4189a
301.3 589.5 747.0 1.290 214
n-Nonadecane C19H40 95.00 268.527 0.7521a
1.4211a
305.0 603.1 759.8 1.289 231
а а
n-Eicosane C20H42 97.30 282.553 0.7557 1.4231 310.0 617.0 770.7 1.236 231
а а
n-Heneicosane C21H44 90.64 296.580 0.7539 1.4244 312.7 631.5 781.0 1.186 230
а а
n-Docosane C22H46 92.66 310.607 0.7620 1.4256 317.1 643.9 790.6 1.140 230
а а
n-Tricosane C23H48 92.14 324.634 0.7647 1.4271 320.6 655.0 799.7 1.096 229
а
n-Tetracosane C24H50 90.10 338.661 0.7672a
1.4204 323.3 667.7 808.2 1.056 229
Hexene-1 C6H12 99.30 84.162 0.67317 1.3070 133.32 336.63 504.03 3.142 233
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