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Compressibility Factor Charts

This document discusses compressibility factor charts and correlations that can be used to determine volumetric properties of pure and mixed fluids. The key points are: 1) A single compressibility factor chart using reduced properties can determine properties of any pure fluid. 2) Models are used to predict the compressibility factor Z, with ideal gas behavior having a Z value of 1. 3) Charts using pseudoreduced properties can also be applied to mixtures, with pseudocritical properties defined as averages of the components' critical properties.

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Compressibility Factor Charts

This document discusses compressibility factor charts and correlations that can be used to determine volumetric properties of pure and mixed fluids. The key points are: 1) A single compressibility factor chart using reduced properties can determine properties of any pure fluid. 2) Models are used to predict the compressibility factor Z, with ideal gas behavior having a Z value of 1. 3) Charts using pseudoreduced properties can also be applied to mixtures, with pseudocritical properties defined as averages of the components' critical properties.

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Compressibility Factor Charts

• Following the POC only one compressibility


factor chart can be used to determine
volumetric properties of any pure fluid by
using its reduced properties. The shape of
this chart is in general.
Corresponding States Correlations &
Models

The objective is then to find a model


(models) to predict the Z factor.
Ideal gas behavior is described from
the ideal gas Equation of State (EOS)
with a compressibility factor of 1.
Extension of Corresponding States
to Mixtures
• Z factor charts (all built from EOS) are also
used for multicomponent systems in this
case the coordinates used are “pseudo-
reduced properties”
• For a mixture you can use the same charts
as for a pure component.
Pseudoreduced Properties
• For mixtures the same type of charts apply but
using “pseudoreduced properties” which are
defined similarly as the ratio of pressure (or
temperature) with “pseudoreduced critical
pressure" (or temperature). These pseudocritical
properties are an average of the critical
properties of the components in the mixture.
Charts for mixtures can also be used for single
component fluids.
Compressibility
factor Z as a
function or
pseudoreduced
pressure
Pseudocritical Properties of Natural
Gases
• Pseudoreduced Pressure
P
Ppr 
Ppc

• Pseudoreduced Temperature
T
T pr 
T pc
Pseudocritical Properties of Natural
Gases
• If only the specific gravity and Mw of of the
gases is known then charts are available to
estimate these pseudocritical properties
(McCain figure 3-10 ).
Pseudocritical Properties of Natural
Gases
• Naturally the degree of accuracy is reduced
substantially. We well see methods when
compositional information is available, in
this case:
Nc
T pc    yiTci 
Nc
Ppc    yi Pci 
i 1 i 1
Pseudocritical Properties of Natural
Gases
• Once Z is evaluated you can find the gas
density as

g 
M
V

lbm / ft 3

Z-factor chart
for low
reduced
pressures

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