COMPRESSIBILITY FACTOR z FOR GASES USING REDLICH-KWONG EQUATION OF STATE By: Ankur Srivastava

Date: May 09, 2006

Redlich-Kwong (R-K) Equation & its solution:

The R-K equation is usually written as:

P = ((R*T)/V-b) - (a/V*(V+b)*√T) 1
where
a = 0.42747*(R2*Tc2.5/Pc) 2

b = 0.8664*(R*Tc/Pc) 3

P = pressure in atm absolute

V = molar volume in L/g-mol
T = Temperature in °K
R = universal gas constant = 0.08206 atm*L/g-mol*°K
Tc = critical temperature in °K
Pc = critical pressure in atm absolute

Eliminating V from eq. 1 & writing it as a cubic equation of the compressibility factor z, yields

f(z) = z3-z2-q*z-r = 0 4
where
r = A2*B 5
q = B2+B-A2 6
A2 = 0.42747*(Pr/Tr2.5) 7
B = 0.86664*(Pr/Tr) 8

Here Pr = reduced pressure (P/Pc) and Tr = reduced temperature (T/Tc).

Eq. 4 can be solved analytically for 3 roots. Some of these roots are complex. Considering only the
real roots, the sequence of calculations involves the following steps:

C = (f/3)3 + (g/2)2 9
where
f = ((-3*q)-1)/3 10
g = ((-27*r)-(9*q)-2)/27 11

If C>0, there is one real solution for z: 12

z = D+E+1/3
where
D = ((-g/2)+√C)1/3 13
E = ((-g/2)-√C)1/3 14

If C<0, there are three real solutions:

zk = 2*(√-f/3)*cos[(φ/3)+2*p*(k-1)/3]k = 1,2,3 15
where
φ = a*cos*SQROOT[(g2/4)/(-f3/27)] 16
r = P*M/R*T*z 17

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Inputs:
Gas: Propane
Molecular Weight, M 44.1 g/g-mol
Crit. Temperature, Tc: 369.83 °K (for gas mixtures use peudocritical values, see example below below for
calculating pseudocritical temperature)
Crit. Pressure, Pc: 41.92 atmA (for gas mixtures use peudocritical values, see example below below for
calculating pseudocritical pressure)
Oper. temperature, T 333.15 °K
Operating Pressure, P 20.414 atmA

Constants Used:
Gas Constant, R: 0.08206 L*atm/g-mol*°K

Calculated Parameters:
Reduced Temperature, Tr 0.901 (T/Tc)
Reduced Pressure, Pr 0.487 (P/Pc)

Equations:
A2 = 0.27028 Eq. 7 sheet 1
B= 0.04684 Eq. 8 sheet 1
q= -0.22125 Eq. 6 sheet 1
r= 0.01266 Eq. 5 sheet 1
f= -0.11208 Eq. 10 sheet 1
g= -0.01298 Eq. 11 sheet 1
C= -0.00001 Eq. 9 sheet 1
D= IRRELEVANT Eq. 13 sheet 1
E1 = IRRELEVANT Eq. 14 sheet 1
φ= 0.45354 Eq. 16 sheet 1
E= IRRELEVANT Eq. 14 sheet 1
z1 = 0.71550 Eq. 15 sheet 1
z2 = 0.09183 Eq. 15 sheet 1
z3 = 0.19267 Eq. 15 sheet 1
z0 = IRRELEVANT Eq. 12 sheet 1
z= 0.71550
r= 46.02 g/l or kg/m3

Yellow colored cells are inputs. Blank yellow cells have been provided to add components.
Calculation of Pseudocritical Temperature & Pressure for a Natural Gas Mixture:

Pseudo- Component Pseudo- Mixture

Component critical Critical critical Component Molecular
Component Mole Critical Temp., Temp, Tpc, Pressure, Pressure, Molecular weight,
description Fraction, yi Tc1, °K °K Pci, atmA Ppc, atm weight, Mi yi*Mi
CH4 0.932 190.6 177.64 45.35 42.27 16.04 14.95
C2H6 0.058 305.33 17.71 48.07 2.79 30.07 1.74
C3H8 0.01 369.83 3.70 41.92 0.42 44.1 0.44
0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00

1.000 Tpc = 199.05 Ppc = 45.47 Mmix = 17.13

Prepared by: Ankur Srivastava

Chemical Engineer
e-mail: ankur2061@yahoo.co.in

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Disclaimer: The information and methods included within this spreadsheet are presented for compressibility factor z calculations.
It is intended to be used by technically skilled persons at their own discretion. I do not warrant the suitability or accuracy of these
methods.

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