AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF RAS AL KHAIMAH CHEN 463: NATURAL GAS PROCESSING

HOME WORK 1 DUE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

1. A gas contains 85% methane, 7% ethane and 6% propane and 2% water
a. What is the Wobbe number of the mixture? Assume that the gas has
been dehydrated to pipeline specifications (25%)
b. If the gas is blended with air to obtain a gross heating value of 1000
Btu/scf (37.3 MJ/m3) what will be the air concentration (mole %)? (20%)

2. A gas plant is to process 100 MMscfd of the Miskar field gas. Economic
consideration favors removal of 90% of the C2 and all of the C3+ from the gas as
a liquid. What volume of hydrocarbon liquids are produced in bbl/d and m3/d
(25%)

3. To create a natural gas that has the same heating value of methane, air is
mixed with butane and used for heating and cooking purposes.
a. Estimate the air composition in the mixture (20%)
b. Is the mixture safe or not (refer to flammability level) (10%)

Notes
 This is a group homework and each group need to work independently
 Individuals may be asked to present their solutions on submission day
 Data, equations and figures need to be referenced
 Spreadsheet calculations should be sent as a soft copy and results should be printed
with the homework submission

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