Handbook - Natural Gas Engineering

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Overview

Properties of Natural Gases: typical compositions. Equations of state: general cubic equations, specific high accuracy equations. Use of equations of state to find residual energy properties. Gas Compression: positive displacement and centrifugal compressors; fans. Calculation of power requirements. Compressible Flow in Pipes: fundamental equations of flow: continuity, momentum, energy equations. Isothermal flow in pipes: the Weymouth equation. Static and flowing bottom-hole pressures in wells. Fundamentals of Gas Flow in Porous Media: Steady-state flow equations. Definition of pseudo-pressure function. Gas Flow in Cylindrical Reservoirs: general equation for radial flow of gases in symmetrical homogeneous reservoirs. Non-dimensional forms of the equation; derivation of coefficients relating dimensionless to real variables. Infinite reservoir solution; pseudo-steady-state solution. Gas Well Deliverability Tests: Flow-after-flow tests: prediction of IPR curve and AOF for the well. Isochronal tests. Drawdown tests: need for data at two flow rates. Special Project. (Ref: PTRL4016)

Conditions for Enrolment

Co-requisite: PTRL5019

Delivery

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PTRL5010 Course Outline

Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$1038
Domestic Students	$4740
International Students	$6270

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Faculty
Faculty: The primary academic unit in which related disciplines of teaching and research are conducted.

Faculty of Engineering

School
School: The academic unit responsible for teaching in disciplines or subject areas (school is part of a faculty).

School of Minerals & Energy Resources Engineering

Study Level
Study Level refers to the academic level of a program, specialisation or course.

Postgraduate

Offering Terms
Depending on the Academic Calendar type, an offering term generally refers to an academic teaching period of between 8-13 weeks in duration.

Term 1

Campus

Sydney

Academic Calendar

Field of Education

030303 Mining Engineering

Timetable

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