This calculates the volume flow rate adjusted to take pressure and compressibility into account.
Kelton calculation reference C223
This calculation is used by the following calculations:
Institute of Petroleum, Petroleum Measurement Paper No. 2; Guidelines for users of the petroleum measurement tables (API Std 2540; IP 200; ANSI/ASTM D 1250) (September 1984)
select this option to include the vapour pressure – the equilibrium bubble point pressure
This is a deviation from the standard which does not include vapour pressure. If this option is not selected is assumed that the vapour pressure is 1.01325 bar thus resulting in the ‘gauge’ value when subtracted from the absolute. This will then follow the process outlined in the standard.
The standard specifies the method of rounding/truncating , you can either select to round as per the standard or use the full precision.
a = 1.38315
b = 0.00343804
c = 3.02909
d = 0.0161654
Step 1: Process the input variables
The pressure is truncated to three decimal places
The temperature is rounded to the nearest 0.05°C
The density is truncated to three decimal places
Step 2: Initialise iteration parameters
Make initial estimate of density at 15°C
Step 3: Calculate the compressibility factor from the equation
Step 4: Calculate the correction for pressure on liquid from the equation
This iterative calculation will be repeated with the recalculated value of standard density until convergence criteria are met.