CHOOSING SINGLE PHASE GAS FLOW CORRELATIONS

References
 Recommended Practice for Design and Installation of Offshore
Modified Panhandle
Production Platform Piping Systems, API Recommended Practice Equation AGA Equation
14E (RP 14E) Fifth Edition, Oct,1991
 For Larger Dia, >10” & long  For Partially Turbulent & Fully
 Sizing of Gas Pipelines, Mavis Nyarko, International Journal of
pipelines (> ~20 miles) Turbulent flow
Energy Engineering, Dec. 2015, Vol. 4 Iss. 6, PP. 202-205
Notes  Reynolds Numbers of the  Applicable when internal pipe
 Weymouth Equation is suitable for piping within production order of (4x106 to 40x106) roughness is known accurately
facility (API 14E, 5th Edition)
 Moody friction factor is  Von Karman Transmission
 API 14E does not suggest applicability of Erosional velocity
criteria for Single Phase flow, but for 2 Phase (Gas/Liquid) independent of relative factor is used instead of
roughness () friction factor to estimate P
Weymouth Equation  Condensation in Pipelines is
 For Smaller Dia, <=10” & not accounted.
Shorter Piping of the order e.g.,6” Gas Line
of ‘feet’
 Reynolds number of the
e.g., 8” Gas Line e.g., 24” Gas Export Line
order of > ~11x106
 Moody friction factor is a General Flow Equation Spitzglass Equation
function of relative  For pressures < 7 barg  For Smaller Dia, <10”
e.g., 8” Gas Line
roughness ()  Assumes Isothermal Flow.  Low pressure Vent Lines
 Though, P calculated is i.e., no heat transfer  P < 0.1 x Pinlet
over estimated, it is used for  Pipeline is horizontal
a conservative design
 No mechanical work done by
gas