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  • 1.  Water and Hydrocarbon Phase Envelope

    Posted 03-20-2014 04:08 AM
    Hello,

    I am working on my MSc thesis and in a section of it, I need to develop a computer code for water-hydrocarbon phase envelope. Unfortunately, I could not find a suitable algorithm for it. I am wondering if anyone can provide one. 

    Thank you

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    Hassan Ali Marefat
    MSc Student 
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  • 2.  RE:Water and Hydrocarbon Phase Envelope

    Posted 03-24-2014 08:27 AM


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    Shawn O'Brien
    Engineering Manager
    HoustonTX
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    When looking for a proven EOS my first stop is the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

    http://www.nist.gov/





  • 3.  RE:Water and Hydrocarbon Phase Envelope

    Posted 03-29-2014 07:31 AM
    It depends on what do you want to capture. Aqueous - hydrocarbon phases interaction can usually be captured with a typical cubic EoS like Peng Robinson or SRK. But for some particular hydrocarbons, depending on their composition, a different kind of EoS may be needed. If strong "cross association" water-HC components interactions are expected, CPA or SAFT type EoS may be a better choice. For example: to better reproduce the hydrate curve in a gas condensate system, CPA has been proven to be more accurate than cubic EoS. Cubic EoS struggle to reproduce the swelling of hydrocarbons when injecting CO2 as recovery method or the gravitational segregation in reservoirs with CO2-asphaltenes interaction. 

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    Jorge Trujillo
    Head of Flow Assurance and Process
    Galp Energia
    Lisboa
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