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Technical Bulletin 166

NGC 820X GPA 2145-09(FPS) Physical Properties Update Process

Totalflow Technical Bulletin
Version 1.0 Revision AA (09 December 2008)

ABB Inc. TOTALFLOW Products 7051 Industrial Blvd. Bartlesville, OK 74006 (918) 338-4888 phone (918) 338-4699 fax (800) 442-3097 www.abb.com/totalflow

Introduction
The proceeding information will cover the following: How to update the ABB NGC-8206 GPA 2145-XX Table of Physical Constants.

The GPA 2145-XX provides the gas processing industry with a conventional compilation of authoritative numerical values for the paraffin hydrocarbons and other compounds that occur in natural gas and natural gas liquids. The physical properties selected are those considered most needed for engineering and analytical computations in gas processing plants and laboratories. The values shown are based on early work by Rossini, later work by API Research Project 44 and subsequent work for the Thermodynamics Research Center (TRC) Thermodynamic Tables Hydrocarbons. The data in this publication has been checked, evaluated and recalculated, where necessary, by the TRC at Texas A&M University. Some of the numbers in the tables may be derived from other numbers in the tables by simple calculations; the final results are as internally consistent as reasonably possible. Values obtained from such related data may differ from the tabulated values in the last digit owing to numerical round-ff, but the differences are beyond the accuracy of the data. Each of the values in the tables are calculated using a preferred method of calculation. The value of the gas constant used tables was 8.31448 joules/mol Kelvin(SI). Numbers presented in bold are different from the previous years edition of 2145.

Update Instructions
Step 1 - Locate the NGC-8206 GPA 2145-XX Physical Constants Table The factor table can be found within the Expert view in PCCU, under the Analyzer Operation/ Stream #/Setup/Calculation Setup/Gas Factor. Figure 1 details the tree-level access for the gas factors.

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Selecting Gas Factors, the user will find a table that identifies all of the physical constants used in BTU calculations, as shown in Figure 2.

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NOTE: The ISO numbers used the Molar Basis and not the Mass Basis. Step 2 Update Each Components Physical Constants

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Figure 3

For Example: Looking at GPA 2145, page 3, the user will find the physical properties of the selected hydrocarbons. If the user identifies the C1/Methane column and moves down until they can identify the specific gravity (i.e., relative density), they will see .5539 is the physical constant. Upon identifying the constant, change NGC existing Methane relative density to reflect the new constant. Each component must be changed to reflect the 2009 release.

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Note: The component order may differ for each NGC. Step 3 Once the user has changed the specific gravity, liquids, summation factor, superior CV and inferior CV for each component, commit the changes by pressing the Send button.

Step 4 Update the factor file name. Select Calculation Setup in the treeview, as shown below.

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The user will see a Current Gas Factor File under the Calculations Settings tab. Select this file, and change the file name to reflect the update tables. The naming convention is as follows: Application Name_Standard-Standard release date-Engineering Units Used. Example: C6+_gpa-2145-09-fps

Once the user has changed the name, click the Send button, and commit the change. This will add a factor file to the configuration file and will complete the update for the selected stream.

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The user will need to move to each additional stream, and change the Gas Factor File to the file that they have just created. This is shown below:

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Once the user has corrected each stream, the Physical Properties Constants are now updated to the 2009 release and will apply to any analysis from this date forward. The user may also want to complete a Save & Restore to store a copy of the configuration file and provide a disaster recovery copy. The GPA Standard 2145-09(FPS) that must be changed:
Liquids Spec Grav Summation Sup CV Inf CV Methane(C1) 0 .5539 .0116 1010 909.4 Ethane(C2) 26.6752 1.0382 .0238 1769.7 1619 Propane(C3) 27.4793 1.5225 .0347 2516.1 2315 iButane(IC4) 32.6403 2.0068 .0441 3251.9 3000 nButane(NC4) 31.4456 2.0068 .0470 3262.3 3011 iPentaine(IC5) 36.4778 2.4911 .0576 4000.9 3699 nPentane(NC5) 36.1559 2.4911 .0606 4008.7 3707

Liquids Spec Grav Summation Sup CV Inf CV

nHexane 41.0172 2.9754 .0776 4755.9 4404

nHeptane 46.0193 3.4597 .0951 5502.6 5100

nOctane 51.0986 3.994 .1128 6249.0 5796

nNonane 56.1293 4.4283 .1307 6996.3 6493

nDecane 61.2220 4.9126 .1556 7742.9 7190

Ethylene 0 .9686 .0207 1599.7 1499

Propylene 25.4498 1.4529 .0327 2333.0 2182

Liquids Spec Grav Summation Sup CV

Carbon Dioxide 0 1.5195 .0195

Hydrogen Sulfide 0 1.1767 .0239 637.10

Nitrogen 0 .9672 .00442

Oxygen 0 1.1048 .0072

Helium 0 .1382

Air 0 1.00 .00537

Water 0 .62202 .06510 50.310

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