Table of Contents
1INTRODUCTION
1.1Scope
1.2Background
1.3FieldofApplication
1.4OverviewofCompressibilityFactorCalculation
Methods
1.5Uncertainty
1.6Recommendations
2SYMBOLS
3DEFINITIONS
4GENERALEQUATIONS
5NATURALGASCHARACTERIZATIONMETHODS
6REFERENCECONDITIONS
6.1MassDensityatContractReferenceConditions
6.2SupercompressibilityFactorReference
Condition
6.3RelativeDensityReferenceCondition
6.4HeatingValueReferenceConditions
7UNITS,CONVERSIONS,PRECISIONANDACCURACY
8EQUATIONSFORCOMPRESSIBILITYFACTORS
8.1DETAILCHARACTERIZATIONMETHODEquationof
State
8.2GROSSCHARACTERIZATIONMETHODEquationof
State
9PROCEDURESFORCOMPUTATIONSOFCOMPRESSIBILITY
FACTORS
10COMPUTERPROGRAMSFORCOMPUTATIONSOF
COMPRESSIBILITYFACTORSSUPERCOMPRESSIBILITY
ANDDENSITIES
11TABLESOFCOMPUTEDCOMPRESSIBILITYFACTORSAND
SUPERCOMPRESSIBILITYFACTORS
12UNCERTAINTIESINCOMPUTEDCOMPRESSIBILITYFACTORS
ANDSUPERCOMPRESSIBILITYFACTORS
APPENDIXA-DETAILCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
APPENDIXA.1-NOMENCLATURE
APPENDIXA.2-DETAILCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
COMPUTATIONPROCEDURES
APPENDIXA.3-DETAILCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
COMPUTERPROGRAMDOCUMENTATION
APPENDIXA.4-DETAILCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
FORTRANCODELISTING
APPENDIXA.5-DETAILCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
COMPUTERPROGRAMCALCULATIONS
APPENDIXA.6-DETAILCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
CALCULATIONUNCERTAINTIES
APPENDIXA.7-DETAILCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
REFERENCES
APPENDIXB-GROSSCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
APPENDIXB.1-NOMENCLATURE
APPENDIXB.2-GROSSCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
COMPUTATIONPROCEDURES
APPENDIXB.3-GROSSCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
COMPUTATIONPROCEDURES
APPENDIXB.4-GROSSCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
COMPUTERPROGRAMDOCUMENTATION
APPENDIXB.5-GROSSCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
FORTRANCODELISTING
APPENDIXB.6-GROSSCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
COMPUTERPROGRAMCALCULATIONS
APPENDIXB.7-GROSSCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
CALCULATIONUNCERTAINTIES
APPENDIXB.8-GROSSCHARACTERIZATIONMETHOD
REFERENCES
APPENDIXC-REFERENCECONDITIONSANDCONVERSIONSFOR
HEATINGVALUEANDRELATIVEDENSITY
APPENDIXC.1-NOMENCLATURE
APPENDIXC.2-DISCUSSIONOFREFERENCEANDSTANDARD
CONDITIONS
APPENDIXC.3-DENSITY,COMPRESSIBILITYFACTORAND
SUPERCOMPRESSIBILITYFACTOR
APPENDIXC.4-MOLARHEATINGVALUEFORCOMPOSITION
APPENDIXC.5-VOLUMETRICHEATINGVALUE
APPENDIXC.6-REFERENCES
APPENDIXD-UNITCONVERSIONS
APPENDIXD.1-UNITCONVERSIONPROGRAMDOCUMENTATION
APPENDIXD.2-UNITCONVERSIONPROGRAMFORTRANSOURCE
CODE
APPENDIXD.3-REFERENCES
APPENDIXE-UTILITYPROGRAM
APPENDIXE.1-UTILITYPROGRAMDOCUMENTATION
APPENDIXE.2-UTILITYPROGRAMFORTRANSOURCECODE
LISTING
INDEX Abstract
Provides detailed information for precise computations of compressibility factors and densities of natural gas and other hydrocarbon gases, calculation uncertainty estimations and FORTRAN computer program listings.
