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APRIL, 1958 53
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MOL % C
I
+ C2 + C3
10
0>
0
0>
0
CJ)
0
I'-
0
<D
0
10
.6 r-- f---
0
/
.6
'"w
V
I
A+ 0.057
'" .5 ~ C =
I 0.0233
'"'"w .5
...J
z
Q ~
0
~
...J
z
Q '"wz .4
'"w
z
.4
::!:
a V
::!: ~
a .3
~ I- l---~
~.2
1
Z
--
.3 I- ~ A +0.028.
I- .2
z
'"0z J,.--<>-- 0.0120
I-
u ~
'"0Z
u .1
21
I
15 17 19 21 23 25 27
(C) - DIMENSIONLESS SHIFTING CONSTANT
FIG. 3-DIMENSIONLESS SHIFTING CONSTANT VS
CONSTANT (A).
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
PSUEDO-SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FEED, DIMENSIONLESS
C, + Co + C 3 = 70 per cent
FIG. 2-CONSTA,(T (A) vs PSEl.:DO-SPECIFlC Frvm Fig. 2, A = 0.421; consequently, from Eq. 2A,
GI!.~VITY OF FEED, TDIPERATURJ.: 80F.
= 0.421 + 0.057 = 20.5_
C 0.0233
P, = A (P, )o..." + c, . (3)
A -1- 0.028 If all values are substituted into Eq. 2,
C, = - -0.012- . (3A) P, = 0.421 (500)"'" + 20.5 = 50.5 psi a
This correlation is not the absolute solution to all
As might be expected from Eq. 1 the constants A and three stage separation problems, nor is it intended to
C are functions of composition. It was found that com- be so. It should, further, not be misconstrued as a re-
position could be expressed in terms of the wellstream placement for a digital computer where such is avail-
specific gravity and the percentages of methane, ethane able to perform flash calculations. Instead, it is a tool
and propane. This is shown in Fig. 2. Fi3. 3 shows the for the field engineer where time and expediency are of
basis for Eqs. 2A and 3A. prime importance. It is the opinion of the authors, con-
One may therefore determine optimum pressure firmed by field results, that this correlation is flexible
knowing only the specific gravity of the wellstream, the and will yield results with a mean err:: r of 5 per
percentage of methane, ethane and propane, and the cent.
first stage pre::sure. This may be illustrated with an
example.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
EXAMPLE
The authors wish to thank the Continental Oil Co.
Determine the optimum second stage pressure, for and the Sohio Petroleum Co. for making the use of
a three stage separation, for a wellstream having the their computers available to the School of Petroleum
fo!bwing composition, if P, = 500 psia. Engineering
II) 12) (3) (4)
Mol Mol
Component Fraction YI~J_g~ 2 X 3 REFERENCES
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C[ .40 16.01 6.40
C, .20 30.07 6.01 1. Whiteley, Burton: "Optimum Conditions for Condensate
C3 .10 44.09 4.41 Recovery," MPE Thesis, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa,
.10 58.12 5.81 Okla. (1947) 21, 43.
C, .10 72.15 7.22
C6 .05 86.17 4.31 2. Campbell, J. M., and Latham, J. A.: "Composite Equilib-
C, + (Cs) .05 ll5.22 5.76 rium Ratios for Separation Calculations," Pap.er 900-G,
1.00 39.92 presented at 32nd Annual Fall Meeting of Society of Petro-
leum Engineers, Dallas, Tex. (Oct. 6-9, 1957).
. 39.92
Specific gravIty = 28.96 = 1.38 3. Whinery, K. F.: MS Thesis, University of Oklahoma, Nor-
man, Okla. (1957). ***