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1. Constant-mass expansion Experiment
2. Constant-Volume Depletion Experiment
3. Differential Liberation Experiment: Procedure
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1. Differential Liberation Experiment: Data set
2. Separator Experiment
3. Swelling Experiment
4. Other Experiments
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Experimental Data of
Differential Liberation Test
The experimental data obtained from the test include:
a. Amount of gas in solution as a function of pressure
b. The shrinkage in the oil volume as a function of
pressure
c. Properties of the evolved gas including the
composition of the liberated gas, the gas
compressibility factor (Z=PV/RT), and the gas specific
gravity
d. Density of the remaining oil as a function of pressure
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The gas gravity is defined as the average molecular
weight of the gas divided by the average molecular
weight of atmospheric air:
The molecular weight of atmospheric air is usually
assumed to be equal to 28.964 g/mol.
By expressing the molecular weight relative to that
of atmospheric air, the gas gravity becomes a
measure of the low-pressure density of the gas
relative to that of atmospheric air.
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The volume at standard conditions of the liberated
gas is measured.
This enables calculation of the gas formation
volume factor, Bg:
Cell conditions refer to the pressure and temperature in the cell
at the pressure stage at which the gas was depleted.
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A differential depletion experiment is usually continued
down to atmospheric pressure before cooling off the
cell to 15C (or standard).
If the oil volume at stage N is VNoil, Bo is for stage N
defined as
Vstdoil, The volume of the cell content at atmospheric
(standard) conditions is reported as the residual (or standard)
oil volume.
The liquid volumes at the remaining pressure stages are
reported relative to the residual oil volume through the
oil formation or shrinkage factor, Bo.
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Differential Liberation Experiment
Differential Liberation Experiment in
a PT Diagram
When the gas is flashed to standard conditions a
small liquid dropout will usually be seen.
This volume is added to the gas volume entering
into Equation
As an equivalent gas volume.
(The volume the liquid would take up had it been in
gaseous form)
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