At the conclusion of this course, the student will:
- Be familiar with the natural gas properties, density, specific gravity, molecular weight, compressibility factor, and viscosity, and their use in pipeline flow calculations.
- Be able to calculate the compressibility factor for natural gas with specified average gas pressure and temperature and known specific gravity.
- Be able to calculate the viscosity of natural gas with specified average gas pressure and temperature and known specific gravity.
- Be able to obtain a value for the friction factor using the Moody diagram for given Re and e/D.
- Be able to calculate a value for the friction factor for specified Re and e/D, using the appropriate equation for f.
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