Gas Line Sizing
Gas Line Sizing
Gas Line Sizing
Definitions
Qg Gas flow rate, MMscfd
P Gas operating pressure, psia
T Gas operating temperature, oR
Z compressibility factor
p Gas Density, kg/m3
Vactual Actual Velocity of Gas, ft/s
Vg Gas velocity, ft/s
Pa Pascals
Inputs
Qg 120 MMSCFD Ref. 1
P 500 psig Ref. 1
P 514.7 PSIA
T 36.65 C Ref. 2
T 557.97 R
Z 0.91 Ref. 2
Vmax 60 ft/s Ref. 3
60 ZQ g T
V g 2
d l P
Ref. 3
2
60 ZQ g T
d
V g P
d2 118.38026812 in2
d 10.880269671 in Calculated internal diameter
11.938 in Selected internal diameter
DN 12 Schedule 40 is selected
15.190860767 m/s
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
40 SCHEDULE
ACTUAL
ACTUAL
VELOCITY
VELOCITY
NOISE CRITERIA
ID (in)
ft/s CHECK, 60ft/s
DN SIZE(in) m/s
10 10.02 70.744898298 21.56304500112 FAIL
12 11.938 49.838782045 15.19086076724 PASS
14 13.124 41.238050509 12.56935779499 PASS
16 15.000 31.568071498 9.621948192578 PASS
From the Sensitivity Analysis above, DN 12" is the Standard piping size that satisfies Noise criteria
check and is therefore selected.
References:
1 e-mail from Ayala, Jorge dated 16th Aug. 2012
2 Heat and Material Balance, Doc. No. RBK-R049-PRO-HMB-NET-0000-00001-00, Revision K01, Issued
for IFR, 5th Dec., 2012.
3 API 14E, FIFTH EDITION, OCTOBER 1991
4 Process Flow Diagram for Robertkiri Production Platform , Drawing No. RBK-R049-PRO-PFD-NET-0000-
00016-00, Revision K01, Issued for IFR, 21st Nov., 2012.