Behaviour of Gases

Compressibility Factors for Natural Gases as a

Function of Pseudoreduced Pressure and Temperature.

1.1

Pseudo Reduced Pressure, Pr

Pseudo Reduced Temperature

3.0
2.8
2.6
2.4
2.2
2.0
1.9
1.8

1.0

0.9

1.
4

1.0
1.05
1.2
0.95

1.

1.5

05

1.6

1.

1.7

0.8

1.3
1.1

1.1

1.

1.7

1.45

0.7

0.6

1.
3

1.2

1.6
1.8

1.15

0.4

2.0

3.0

2.8

1.1

1.3

2.6

1.2

3.0

2.2
2.0
1.8
1.7
1.6

0.9
7

1.9

1.1

Compressibility of
Natural Gases
(Jan. 1, 1941)

2.6 2.4
1.2

1.0

1.1
1.4
1.3

1.4

2.2

1.05

0.25

1.0

1.7
1.9

2.4

1.1

0.3

1.5

4
1.
1.5

1.25

0.5

1.6

1.4
1.35
1.3

1.

Compressibility Factor, z

1.05

0.9
9

10

11

12

13

Pseudo Reduced Pressure, Pr

14

15

Figure 2 Compressibility factors for natural gas1 (Standing & Katz, Trans AIME, 1942)

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