COMPRESSIBILITY FACTOR z FOR GASES USING REDLICH-KWONG EQUATION OF STATE By: Ankur Srivastava Date: May 09, 2006

Redlich-Kwong (R-K) Equation & its solution: The R-K equation is usually written as: P = ((R*T)/V-b) - (a/V*(V+b)*T) where 2 2.5 a = 0.42747*(R *Tc /Pc) b = 0.8664*(R*Tc/Pc) P = pressure in atm absolute V = molar volume in L/g-mol T = Temperature in K R = universal gas constant = 0.08206 atm*L/g-mol*K Tc = critical temperature in K Pc = critical pressure in atm absolute Eliminating V from eq. 1 & writing it as a cubic equation of the compressibility factor z, yields f(z) = z3-z2-q*z-r = 0 where r = A2*B q = B2+B-A2 2 A = 0.42747*(Pr/Tr2.5) B = 0.86664*(Pr/Tr) 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3

Here Pr = reduced pressure (P/Pc) and Tr = reduced temperature (T/Tc). Eq. 4 can be solved analytically for 3 roots. Some of these roots are complex. Considering only the real roots, the sequence of calculations involves the following steps: C = (f/3)3 + (g/2)2 where f = ((-3*q)-1)/3 g = ((-27*r)-(9*q)-2)/27 If C>0, there is one real solution for z: z = D+E+1/3 where D = ((-g/2)+C)1/3 E = ((-g/2)-C)1/3 If C<0, there are three real solutions: zk = 2*(-f/3)*cos[(/3)+2*p*(k-1)/3] k = 1,2,3 where = a*cos*SQROOT[(g2/4)/(-f3/27)] r = P*M/R*T*z 15 16 17 9 10 11 12

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COMPRESSIBILITY FACTOR z FOR GASES USING REDLICH-KWONG EQUATION OF STATE By: Ankur Srivastava Date: May 09, 2006 Inputs: Gas: Molecular Weight, M Crit. Temperature, Tc: Crit. Pressure, Pc: Oper. temperature, T Operating Pressure, P Constants Used: Gas Constant, R: Calculated Parameters:
Reduced Temperature, Tr

Propane 44.1 g/g-mol 369.83 K 41.92 atmA 333.15 K 20.414 atmA (for gas mixtures use peudocritical values, see example below below for calculating pseudocritical temperature) (for gas mixtures use peudocritical values, see example below below for calculating pseudocritical pressure)

0.08206 L*atm/g-mol*K

Reduced Pressure, Pr Equations: 2 A = B= q= r= f= g= C= D= E1 = = E= z1 = z2 = z3 = z0 = z= r=

0.901 (T/Tc) 0.487 (P/Pc)

0.27028 0.04684 -0.22125 0.01266 -0.11208 -0.01298 -0.00001 IRRELEVANT IRRELEVANT 0.45354 IRRELEVANT 0.71550 0.09183 0.19267 IRRELEVANT 0.71550 3 46.02 g/l or kg/m

Eq. 7 Eq. 8 Eq. 6 Eq. 5 Eq. 10 Eq. 11 Eq. 9 Eq. 13 Eq. 14 Eq. 16 Eq. 14 Eq. 15 Eq. 15 Eq. 15 Eq. 12

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Yellow colored cells are inputs. Blank yellow cells have been provided to add components. Calculation of Pseudocritical Temperature & Pressure for a Natural Gas Mixture: Pseudo- Componen PseudoMixture critical Component t Critical critical Componen Molecular Component Critical Temp., Temp, Tpc, Pressure, Pressure, t Molecular Mole weight, description Fraction, yi Tc1, K K Pci, atmA Ppc, atm weight, Mi yi*Mi CH4 C2H6 C3H8 0.932 0.058 0.01 190.6 305.33 369.83 177.64 17.71 3.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 199.05 45.35 48.07 41.92 42.27 2.79 0.42 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.47 16.04 30.07 44.1 14.95 1.74 0.44 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.13

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Tpc =

Ppc =

Mmix =

Prepared by:

Ankur Srivastava Chemical Engineer e-mail: ankur2061@yahoo.co.in

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COMPRESSIBILITY FACTOR z FOR GASES USING REDLICH-KWONG EQUATION OF STATE By: Ankur Srivastava Date: May 09, 2006 Disclaimer : The information and methods included within this spreadsheet are presented for compressibility factor z calculations. It is intended to be used by technically skilled persons at their own discretion. I do not warrant the suitability or accuracy of these methods.

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