CALIB053 - WET GAS VENTURI FLOW RATE CHECK

Flow Calculations to ISO 5167 Measurement of fluid flow by means of pressure differential devices

Note:- This file carries out the core calculation in strict SI units (Data is entered in 'Oilfield metric')
Calculation Title

CalTitle "Title Here"

Project "Project No here"

CalcRef "enter your Calculation reference"

OPTIONS
Wet Gas correction Method

MC 4

1 = Murdock 1962 (M = 1.26),

2 = Murdock 1977 (M = 1.5),
3 = Chisholm,
4 = De Leew 1994 Standard,
5 = De Leew 1994 Solartron,
6 = Steven 2002 (on hold)

Gas CV

GasCV 2

1 = Mass, 2 = Volumetric

Condensate CV

CondCV 2

1 = Mass, 2 = Volumetric

Methanol Density

RhoCH3OH 2

1 = Keypad, 2 = Calculated

Gas Discharge Coefficient

GDCoeff 1

1 = Fixed, 2 = Table

n 8

n = Number of rows from the table if GDCoeff = 2

Temperature Input

TempInput 1

1 = Upstream, 2= Downstream

Temperature Exponent Type

Texp 1

1 = Keypad, 2 = Calculated (if

TempInput = 2 (Downstream)

Water Density

RhoH2O 2

1 = Keypad, 2 = Calculated

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
System Parameters
tcal 20

Calibration Temperature (C)

Dcal.mm 229.92

Meter Tube (mm)

ecs 0.000013

Thermal Expansion

dcal.mm 161.13

Venturi bore (mm)

ess 0.000013

Thermal Expansion
Additional wet gas calculation factors
or

or

The water and methanol standard densities are required only if

RhoCHE3OH and RhoH2O = 1 (Keypad)

Water density equation coefficients

D 0.0001732

Water standard density (kg/m3)

15w.in 1000

Methanol density equation coefficients

G 0.0000713

Methanol standard density (kg/m3)

15m.in 633.6

Condensate density / volume correction

coefficients

K0 1489.067

Condensate standard density (kg/m3)

15c 633.6

Reference and basic configuration parameters

Condensate equilibrium vapour
pressure (PaA)

Pe 1.01325 10

Acceleration due to gravity (m/s2)

g 9.8066

Reference Pressure (PaA)

Pref 1.01325 10

Reference Temperature (C)

tref 15

E 0.1307

F 1040

H 0.3344

J 760

K1 0

K2 0.0018684

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Permanent pressure loss equation

coefficients (required when TempInput = 2
(Downstrean))

A 0.59

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Values for A, B, a nd C a re ta ken from eq ua ti on s (a ) o r

(b) in Table 6.4 of the Flow Measurement Engineering
Handbook (2nd Edition).

B 0.86
C 0.436

INPUT PARAMETERS
Gas discharge coefficient

CG.in 0.99735

Liquid discharge coefficient

CL 1.2

This value is used if GDCoeff = 1 (Fixed)

Liquid Properties
Condensate to gas mass ratio

c 0.0110489919

Water to gas mass ratio

w 0.0110489919

Methanol to gas mass ratio

m 0.00526810719

Gas Calorific Value (MJ/kg or MJ/m3)

CVg 70

Condensate Calorific Value (MJ/kg or MJ/m3)

CVc 70

Water density (kg/m3)

w.in 1000

Methanol density (kg/m3)

m.in 633.6

Units depends on the option selected for GasCV and

CondCV: 1 = Mass, 2 = Volumetric
The water and methanol line densities are required
only if RhoCHE3OH and RhoH2O = 1 (Keypad)

Gas Properties
Gas Isentropic exponent

1.30873

Gas Dynamic viscosity (Pa*s)

cp 0.012132

Temperature Exponent

KTe 0.2359

Fixed Base Density (kg/m3)

b 0.774972911

Used in calculation if Temperature Exponent Type

Texp = 1 (keypad)

Process Conditions
Upstream Pressure (bar.g)

pop 25

Upstream / Downstream Temperature (C)

tf.in 18

Differential Pressure (mbar)

pmbar 721

Gas Density Upstream (kg/m3)

f 20.6810271

According to the Temperature Input option selected

Gas Discharge Coefficient Table, if GDCoeff = Table

DCLTable

Reynolds
Number at D

Discharge
Coefficient C

92972.00000

0.99751

8004183.95420

0.99617

12613500.71600

1.00018

20938522.39857

0.99581

21084325.29000

0.99523

25914898.81200

1.00007

30746226.64400

1.00187

44714447.81400

0.99931

48714447.81400

0.99800

10

50714447.81400

0.99850

Reynolds submatrix( DCLTable 1 n 1 1 )

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Values for gas discharge coefficient are obtained

by linear interpolation between look-up table
values from venturi calibration results.

DischargeCoeff submatrix( DCLTable 1 n 2 2)

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1.002
1
DischargeCoeff 0.998
0.996
0.994
0

10000000

20000000

30000000

40000000

50000000

Reynolds

Unit Conversion: Oilfield to SI & 'conventional' to Absolute

Reference and basic definitions

Tref tref 273.15 288.15

Convert Dimensions to SI

Dcal
dcal

D cal.mm

0.22992

1000
d cal.mm
1000

0.16113

Convert viscosity from Cp to Pa*s

cp 10

Convert mbar to Pa

dp pmbar 100 72100

Beta Ratio

D cal

metre

Pf pf 1.01325 10

Tf.in tf.in 273.15 291.15

dcal

metre

pf p op 10

Convert to SI & absolute

PaA

0.000012132

0.700808977035

Since the venturi throat and pipe diameters

apply to the same body material, Beta does
not vary with temperature and can thus be
calculated as d cal/Dcal (instead of d t/Dt), so the
calculation of Beta does not require iteration.

Equation for calculation of permanent pressure loss

taken from Flow Measurement Engineering Handbook
(RW Miller), 2nd Edition, Table 6.4 (15o or 7 o exit cone)

Permanent Pressure Loss

A B C dp 8873.554713081878

(Pascal)

Throat Tapping Pressure

P2 Pf dp 2529225

(Pascal)

Fully Recovered Downstream Pressure

P3 Pf 2592451.445286918

(Pascal)

Pf 2601325

Upstream Temperature
Temperature Exponent

Te

if Texp = 2

0.2359

KTe otherwise
Tf

Te

P3

Tf.in P

if TempInput = 2

291.15

(K)

tf Tf 273.15 18

(degC)

Tf.in otherwise
Throat Diameter Temperature Correction
dop d cal 1 ess tf tcal 0.16112581062

(metre)

Pipe Diameter Temperature Correction

Dop D cal 1 ecs tf tcal 0.22991402208

(metre)

Liquid to Gas Mass Ratio (from liquid component to gas mass ratios)
L c w m 0.02736609099
Gas Mass Fraction

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Condensate Mass Fraction

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g

1
1 L

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0.973362863316

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c c g 0.010754678393

Water Mass Fraction

w w g 0.010754678393

Methanol Mass Fraction

m m g 0.005127779899

Condensate Line Density

15

K0 K1 15c
2

K2 0.001840831181

t tf 15 3

(deg C)

15c

Ctl exp 15 t 1 0.8 15 t 0.994468463709

4

Fc 10

Cpl

870960

2
15c

exp 1.6208 0.00021592 tf

4209.2 tf
2
15c

1.005274634893

0.000209878364

(/bar)

c C tl C pl 15c 633.418740831676

1 Pf Pe Fc 10

(kg/m3)

Water Line Density

w

D tf2 E tf F

if RhoH2O = 2

w 1037.5912832

(kg/m3)

if RhoCH3OH = 2

m 754.0039012

(kg/m3)

15w 1038.00053

(kg/m3)

15m 755.0000425

(kg/m3)

w.in otherwise
Methanol Line Density
m

G tf2 H tf J

m.in otherwise

Water Standard Density

15w ( 225 D 15 E F) if RhoH2O = 2
15w.in otherwise
Methanol Standard Density
15m

( 225 G 15 H J) if RhoCH3OH = 2
15m.in otherwise

Liquid Line Density

L

L
c
c

w
w

780.128308508431

(kg/m3)

m
m

Dry Gas Expansion Factor

2
1

Pf dp
Pf dp

Pf

1
Pf

2
1

Pf dp

1 4 Pf dp
Pf

Pf

0.5

0.977494961548354

Gas Discharge Coefficient Linearisation

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Cd 1
for k 1 20

Re
Cd

Cd

qmutable

dop

2 dp f

4 qmutable
Dop
DCLTable1 2 if Re DCLTable1 1
1
1
2
1
DCLTable DCLTable 1 1 if Re max DCLTable
lookup max DCLTable
1
2
linterp submatrix( DCLTable 1 n 1 2) submatrix( DCLTable 1 n 1 2 ) Re otherwise

kk1

qmutable

Re Cd

qmutable

Re C d qmcalc

qmutable

Re C d

39.40889 17988978.67585

CG

Gas Discharge Coefficent

Cd if GDCoeff = 2

3
0.99736

CG 0.99735

CG.in otherwise
Uncorrected Mixture Mass Flow Rate
qmu

qmu 39.408566841053

qmutable if GDCoeff = 2

d 2 C
op
G
4

1
1

Pipe Reynolds Number

ReD Re if GDCoeff = 2
4 q mu
D op

(kg/s)

2 dp f otherwise
Re 17988978.675846118

17988829.242673423

otherwise

Mass Flowrate Calculations

This Sub-Routine Iterates the De Leew Wet Gas Correction Factor
Define Froude index selection

PIF( Frg) if Frg 1.5 0.41 0.606 1 e

0.746 Frg

Define Sub-Routine

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DeLew

qgov.lew

Ylew

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q mu
f

1 g Cd
f

if MC = 5

g
L

CL
1 g f

otherwise
g L

for run 1 15

lew qgov.lew
2

D
op

lew
f

Fr

g Dop L f

frd PIF( Fr)

Klew

L frd f frd

f L

Flew

1 Klew Ylew Ylew

qmu

qm.lew

Flew

qgov.lew

Fr

frd
F
lew

Ylew

Fr

frd
F
lew

Ylew

q m.lew
f

lew

Klew

Fr

frd
F
lew

lew DeLew

Klew

Ylew

lew

Klew

4.949569680023

0.004455698537

0.590902925176

45.037281362282

1.019120579237

8.660123985453

Flew 1.019120579237104
Murdock (Dickinson/Jamieson) Correction Factor
M

Murdock equation constant

1.5 if MC = 2

1.26

1.26 otherwise

1 g Cd

g CL

Fdj 1 M

Lockhart Martinelli Parameter

f
L

1.004561112938649
Ydj

Chisholm Correction Factor

Lockhart Martinelli Parameter

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Ych

1 g Cd

g CL

1 g
g

f
L

f
L

0.003619931

0.004455698537

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L
Kch
f
Fchm

0.25

f

L

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0.25

2.881776634396

1 Kch Ych Ych 1.00640955

Interim Results
Throat Tapping Pressure, Pa

P2 2529225

Fully Recovered Downstream Pressure, Pa

P3 2592451.445286918

Upstream temperature, deg C

tf 18

Throat Diameter, m

dop 0.16112581062

Liquid to gas Mass Ratio

L 0.02736609099

Epsilon Dry Gas

0.977494961548354

Wet Gas Correction Factor

Fwg

Fdj if MC = 1 MC = 2

Fwg 1.019120579237104

Fchm if MC = 3

1 = Murdock 1962 (M = 1.26),

2 = Murdock 1977 (M = 1.5),
3 = Chisholm,
4 = De Leew 1994 Standard,
5 = De Leew 1994 Solartron

Flew if MC = 4 MC = 5
0 otherwise
Dry Gas Gross Volume Flow Rate, m3/s

qvgG

Liquid Mass Flow Rate, kg/s

qmL

qmu
Fwg f
qmu
Fwg

1.869790574301

1 g

1.058224559419

Beta Ratio

0.700808977035

Pipe Reynolds Number

ReD 17988829.24

Gas Discharge Coefficent

Cd 0.9973582849846854

Results
Uncorrected Mixture Mass Flow Rate (kg/s)

qmu 39.40856684

Dry Gas Mass Flow Rate (kg/s)

qmG

Dry Gas Standard Volume Flow Rate (Sm3/s)

Dry Gas Energy Flow Rate (MJ/s)

qvsG
qeG

qmu
Fwg
qmG
b

38.66918954

49.897472530429

CVg qmG
CVg qvsG

if GasCV = 1
otherwise

Wet Gas Mass Flow Rate (kg/s)

qm qmG qmL 39.727414097868

Condensate Mass Flow Rate (kg/s)

qmc c qm 0.42725556199

Condensate SVol Flow Rate (Sm3/s)

qvsc

Condensate Energy Flow Rate (MJ/s)

Hydrocarbon Mass Flow Rate (kg/s)

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qec

qmc
15c

3492.823077130001

0.000674330117

CVc qmc
CVc qvsc

if CondCV = 1

0.047203108174

otherwise

qmhc q mG q mc 39.096445100439

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Hydrocarbon SVol Flow Rate (Sm3/s)

qvshc q vsG q vsc 49.898146860545

Hydrocarbon Energy Flow Rate (MJ/s)

qehc qeG q ec 3492.870280238176

Methanol Mass Flow Rate (kg/s)

qmm m q m 0.203713435439

Methanol SVol Flow Rate (Sm3/s)

qvsm

q mm

0.000269819105

15m

Water Mass Flow Rate

qmw w qm 0.42725556199

Water Standard Volume Flow Rate (Sm3/s)

qvsw

Liquid Standard Volume Flow Rate

(Sm3/s)

Mixture Standard Volume Flow Rate

(Sm3/s)

Printed at 21/07/2016

qmw

0.000411614011

15w

qvsL qvsc q vsw qvsm 0.0013557632

Not displayed in Metrology

qvs qvsG qvsL 49.898828293661

Not displayed in Metrology

Mass Flow rate in Oilfield Terms

Hydrocarbon Mass Flowrate (t/hr)
Dry Gas Mass Flowrate (t/hr)
Condensate Mass Flowrate (t/hr)

qmhcThr qmhc
qmGThr q mG
qmuThr q mu

3600
1000

3600
1000

3600
1000

140.747202361579
139.209082338416

141.870840627792

Energy Flow rates in Oilfield Terms

Dry Gas Energy Flow Rate (TJ/hr)
Condensate Energy Flow Rate (TJ/hr)
Hydrocarbon Energy Flow Rate (TJ/hr)

qeG.hr q eG
qec.hr qec

3600
6

12.574163077668

10
3600

0.000169931189
6
10
3600
qehc.hr qehc
12.574333008857
6
10

Standard Volume Flow rates in Oilfield Terms

Dry Gas Std Vol Flow Rate (m3/hr)

qvsGhr q vsG.3600 17.963090110954

Condensate Std Vol Flow Rate (m3/hr)

qvschr qvsc.3600 0.000242758842

Hydrocarbon Std Vol Flow Rate (m3/hr)

qvshchr qvshc .3600 17.963332869796

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