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LNG Gas Energy Calculation & HIDEAL

The Gas energy calculation is used to calculate the energy of the gas provided by the volume of the gas mixture.Figure 1277: Gas Meter Energy Calculation windowFigure 1278: Gas Meter Heating Calculation window

Configure an Attribute with the Gas Meter Heating Calculation (i.e., Attribute i_GHV_Ideal) and then reference it in the Gas Meter Energy Calculation (in the configuration parameter Heating Value).

Inputs

InputDescription
Gas Meter Energy Calculation
VolumeAttribute (in any Volume [standard] UOM)
Heating ValueName of the Attribute from the Gas Meter Heating Calculation (in an Volumetric Energy [standard] UOM)
Gas Meter Heating Calculation
Component Mole FractionAttribute (DataTable)
Heating ValueColumn from the Component Table (in any Volumetric Energy UOM)

Calculations

Example

  1. Using the 'Normalize' option of the component DR, Mole% is automatically converted to Normalized Mole% (N.Mole%):

  2. The N.Mole% is converted to Dry Basis:  (For now, assume that LNG DR does not need to do this step.)

  3. Calculate the product of Xind (i_Component_Data_Molar_dry) and Hi (from Component Table):

    ComponentN.Mole% Xin (Wet basis)N.Mole% Xind (Dry basis)Heating Value HiXind * Hi
    Methane (C1)83.02%83.02%1010.00838.5020
    Ethane (C2)7.45%7.45%1769.70131.8427
    Propane (C3)4.39%4.39%2516.10110.4568
    Iso-Butane (iC4)0.83%0.83%3251.9026.9908
    n-Butane (nC4)1.08%1.08%3262.3035.2328
    Iso-Pentane (iC5)0.31%0.31%4000.9012.4028
    n-Pentane (nC5)0.25%0.25%4008.7010.0218
    n-Hexane (C6+)0.30%0.30%4755.9014.2677
    Carbon Dioxide (C02)2.02%2.02%0.000.0000
    Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)0.00%0.00%637.100.0000
    Nitrogen (N2)0.32%0.32%0.000.0000
    Oxygen (O2)0.03%0.03%0.000.0000
    Water (H2O)0.00%0.00%50.310.0000
    TOTAL1,179.7173

    HIDEAL = ∑Hi = 1,179.7173 MMBTU/scf

    Volume = 1,339,399 MM scf/day (Given as Input)

    Gas Meter Energy (IDEAL) = HIDEAL * Volume = 1,580,112,259 MMBTU