Behaviour of Gases

Compressibility Factors for Natural Gases as a

Function of Pseudoreduced Pressure and Temperature.

Pseudo Reduced Pressure, Pr

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1.1 1.1
Pseudo Reduced Temperature
3.0
2.8
1.0 2.6 1.0
2.4 1.05
2.2
2.0 5 1.2
1. 1.3 0.95
1.9
0.9 1.8
1.1
4
1.7 1.
1.6

05
0.8

1.
1.7
1.5

1
1.
1.45
Compressibility Factor, z

0.7 1.4 1.6

2
1.
1.35

3
1.3

1.
0.6 4 1.5
1.25 1.
1.5
1.2
1.7
0.5 1.6
1.9 1.4
1.8
1.15
2.0 2.2

0.4 1.3
1.1 2.4

2.6
3.0
0.3 1.2
1.05
0.25 3.0
2.8
1.1 1.1
2.6 2.4
Compressibility of
Natural Gases
2.2
2.0 1.9 1.2 (Jan. 1, 1941)
1.0 1.0
1.8 1.1
1.7 1.05
1.6 1.4
1.3
0.9 0.9
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Pseudo Reduced Pressure, Pr

Figure 2 Compressibility factors for natural gas1 (Standing & Katz, Trans AIME, 1942)

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