Reservoir Fluid Analysis: Arasy Az Zariat
Reservoir Fluid Analysis: Arasy Az Zariat
Reservoir Fluid Analysis: Arasy Az Zariat
Arasy Az Zariat
Analysis
Real Gas
REAL GAS
• In dealing with gases at a very low pressure, the ideal gas relationship is
a convenient and generally satisfactory tool.
• At higher pressures, the use of the ideal gas equation-of-state may lead
to errors as great as 500%, as compared to errors of 2–3% at
atmospheric pressure.
• The magnitude of deviations of real gases from the conditions of the
ideal gas law increases with increasing pressure and temperature and
varies widely with the composition of the gas.
• Real gases behave differently from ideal gases.
• The reason for this is that the perfect gas law was derived under the
assumption that the volume of molecules is insignificant and that no
molecular attraction or repulsion exists between them. This is not the
case for real gases
Gas Compressibility Factor
To express a more exact relationship between the variables p, V, and T,
a correction factor called the gas compressibility factor, gas deviation
factor, or simply the z-factor, must be introduced to account for the
departure of gases from ideality.
Dietrici (1899)
Lorentz (1881)
Recent Development of Equations of State
Redlich Kwong Equation of State