4,000,000

Pseudopressure (psia2/cp)

3,500,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0

1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000

-500,000

Pressure (psia)

PipeCapacity.xls
This spreadsheet computes capacity of gas pipelines.
Instructions:
1. Update input data in blue;
2. Run Macro Solution;
3. View results.
Input Data:
Pipe I.D.:
Pipe roughness:
Pipeline length:
Average temperature:
Base temperature:
Base pressure:
Inlet pressure:
Outlet pressure:
Gas properties:

12.09
0.0006
200
80
60
14.7
600
200
Gas specific gravity:
Mole fraction of N2:

0.7
0

Mole fraction of CO2:

Mole fraction of H2S:

Calculated Parameter Values:

Pseudocritical pressure:

668

Pseudocritical temperature:

389.14

Uncorrected gas viscosity at 14.7 psia:

N2 correction for gas viscosity at 14.7 psia:

0.010079

CO2 correction for gas viscosity at 14.7 psia:

0.000000

H2S correction for gas viscosity at 14.7 psia:

0.000000

Corrected gas viscosity at 14.7 psia (1):

Gas viscosity:
Pseudo-reduced temperature:
Average pressure (psia):
Pseudo-reduced pressure:
Average z-factor:

0.010079
0.009899
1.34
400
0.599
0.9188

Pipe relative roughness:

0.000050

0.000000

Solution:
A) Use Reynolds number-dependent friction factor:

Pipeline flow capacity

Reynolds number =

q h=

3 . 23 T b
pb

1
f

( p21 p22 ) D5
g T z L

1,188,000
3335270

q h=

3 . 23 T b

Friction factor =
Objective function =

pb

1
f

( p21 p22 ) D5
g T z L

0.01143
0

B) Use Weymouth Equation:

Pipeline flow capacity =

q h=

18. 062 T b
pb

( p21 p22 ) D16 /3

g T z L

1,076,035

in.
in.
miles
o
F
o
F
psia
psia
psia
air = 1

a0

-2.462

a1

2.97

a2

-0.2862

a3

0.008054

a4

2.808

a5

-3.498

a6

0.3603

a7

-0.01044

a8

-0.7933

a9

1.396

a10

-0.1491

cp

a11

0.00441

cp

a12

0.08393

cp

a13

-0.1864

cp

a14

0.02033

cp
cp

a15

-0.0006095

psia

psia

cfh

A = 0.314763927
C = 0.09171281
D = 0.958350357
B = 0.223653592
ln (g/1*Tpr) =
0.271842

N Re

0 . 48 q h g

D
1
21. 25
=1. 142 log e D +
N 0.9
f
Re

1
21. 25
=1. 142 log e D +
N 0.9
f

cfh

Re