conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
(OP)
hello, i am in need of a conversion factor from kg/hr to mmscfd - have no eng. textsbooks on the plant to look up, i need this to see how much our flash gas compressors are putting through our dew point plant - none of our meters are working yet - plant has just been commisioned. Thanks for your help - lowly tech here, nt an engineer !





RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
scf/day = (kg/hr)(2.204 lb/kg)(lb-mol/lb)(379.48 scf/lb-mol)(24 hr/day)
Since lb-mol/lb = 1/MW :
scf/day = (kg/hr)(2.204 lb/kg)(1/MW)(379.48 scf/lb-mol)
where:
MW = molecular weight of the gas
scf = standard cubic feet at 60 degrees F and 1 atmosphere
Divide scf/day by 1,000,000 to get mmscfd
Milton Beychok
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RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
The second equation in my response omitted the 24 hr/d term and it should read:
scf/d = (kg/hr)(2.204 lb/kg)(1/MW)(379.48 scf/lb-mol)(24 hr/d)
Please excuse my typographical error.
Milton Beychok
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RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
Don't forget that opstech asked for mmscfd (i.e., millions of scfd) ... your multipliers still have to be divided by 1,000,000. You should also tell him the reference temperature and pressure applicable for your density look-ups.
Milton Beychok
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RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
... i may need to glue a calculator to the panel now though ... ;D
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
... i may need to glue a calculator to the panel now though ... <<
If it's really a consideration, consolidate all your constants and lay out a really simple equation, or even better: tape an excel spreadsheet to the wall.
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
You can download this free program from
www.katmarsoftware.com
I deliberately delayed posting this link because I believe it is important that you first understand how the calculation is done, and thanks to Milton Beychok you now know how to do it
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
convert kg/hr to lb/hr
Convert lb/hr to lbmole/hr using the MW
1 lbmole occupies 379.6 scf
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
It all depends on what "standard" P,T conditions selected for the ideal gas:
System T P V
SI 273.15K 101.325 kPa 22.415 m3/kgmol
Universal scientific 0oC 760 mm Hg 22.415 L/g mol
Nat. gas industry 60oC 14.696 psia 379.4 ft3/lb mol
American engineering 32oF 1 atm 359.05 ft3/lb mol
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
A typing error: it should be 60oF not 60oC
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
From 15 years in natural gas measurement, that industry uses 14.73 psia as "standard" for the Natural Gas Industry (see API 14.3). I don't know where it came from, but that is the number they use. As long as everyone in a given transaction uses the same value it doesn't much matter.
TD2K,
Your technique implicitly determines density at "STP". I recently worked through a mass balance on a compressor station using density (at actual conditions) and got exactly the same numbers as another engineer who did the job last time using MW, moles, and actual pressures/temperatures. Neither calculation was particularly more difficult than the other, but each of us was more comfortable with our technique.
David
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
To zdas04,
I believe this strange pressure (762 mm Hg = 14.734 psia) used by AGA, stems from selecting a standard "round" value of 30 inches of mercury, instead of the more common 29.92, as used, for example, in air conditioning.
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
Thanks, that makes more sense than any of the other explainations that I've heard over the years.
Now, maybe you can tell me why New Mexico (average elevation in the north around 5,500 ft, call atmospheric pressure 12.01 psia) uses 15.025 psia as the "standard" pressure for calculating volumes reported to the state?
David
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
I"ll try.
The standard average atmospheric pressure is taken at 14.4 psia (at about 100 ft elevation).
Then you add 10 oz/in2 to correct for sea level.
QED.
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
David
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
Considering the pressure changes with elevation, I should have said 500-600 ft, not 100 ft. Nevertheless, the explanation stands.
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
I should have remembered there's been more than a coupleof threads here which have shown if you want to start a debate, ask a group of engineers to define 'standard' conditions
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
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RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
To ColourfulFigsnDiags and Zdas, no error: as you go down (ie, lower elevation as at sea level) atmospheric pressure increases.
Thus, add 10 oz/in2 to the average 14.4 psia at an average elevation above sea level, not substract.
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
An atmospheric pressure of 15.025 (103.539 kPa) would happen at 500 ft (152 m) below sea level. Atmospheric pressure in the Death Valley isn't that high.
TDK2,
A "micro" definition of standard conditions is really easy, every gas-sales contract has one that both parties have agreed to (it may not be the same as the next contract, but who cares?). The problem is that when you try to define a global standard, people keep bringing their own personal axes to grind. It is never technical, simply political.
David
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
To zdas04, if 1 psi ~ 2.3 ft of water (less for seawater), then an atmospheric pressure difference of 15.025-14.696 = 0.33 psia, can hardly be 1 ft of water, let alone 500 ft. Am I right ?
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
David (aka zdas04) did not mean submerged 500 feet below the surface of the sea ... he meant land that is 500 feet below sea level.
He was trying to tell you that atmospheric pressure decreases with increasing elevation ... i.e., the atmospheric pressure atop a mountain is lower than the atmospheric pressure on the beach at sea level. I am sure that you know that ... so why keep chewing on this discussion thread which I think we have already gnawed down to the bone.
Milton Beychok
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RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
Zdas04, sorry for the misinterpretation. Mbeychock, you are right: more than enough is too much.
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
Converting from kg/hr to mmscfd
What does MMSCFD stand for? Millions of Standard Cubic Feet per Day (measure of gas produced in a reservoir)
From the Ideal Gas Law
PV = nRT = m/MRT
i.e.
m/V = PM/RT
i.e. the density of the gas
rho = PM/RT
At standard conditions (T=15.556ºC and P=1 atm from Milton's post) (Note: I would have used T=0ºC)
rho = 101325 M / [8314 x(15.556+273.15)]
= 0.04221 M
where:
M = molecular weight of the substance in kg/k-mol
Thus to convert from a value of n kg/hr to mmscfd:
Vol flowrate = Mass flowrate / Density = n kg/hr x 1hr/3600s x 1/0.04221 M = n / 151.956 M (in m3/s) = n / 151.956 M x (3.2808)^3 ft3 x 86400/day = 20078.68 n/M (in ft3/day) = 0.02007868 n/M mmscfd (divide by 1million)
Example: For 1000kg/hr O2
M = 32.0 for O2
then
Vol flowrate = 0.02007868 n/M
= 0.02007868 x 1000/32
= 0.6275 mmscfd
---engineering your life---
RE: conversion required for kg/hr to mmscfd
Converting from kg/hr to mmscfd
What does MMSCFD stand for? Millions of Standard Cubic Feet per Day (measure of gas produced in a reservoir)
From the Ideal Gas Law
PV = nRT = m/MRT
i.e.
m/V = PM/RT
i.e. the density of the gas
rho = PM/RT
At standard conditions (T=15.556ºC and P=1 atm from Milton's post) (Note: I would have used T=0ºC)
rho = 101325 M / [8314 x(15.556+273.15)]
= 0.04221 M
where:
M = molecular weight of the substance in kg/k-mol
Thus to convert from a value of n kg/hr to mmscfd:
Vol flowrate = Mass flowrate / Density
= n kg/hr x 1hr/3600s x 1/0.04221 M
= n / 151.956 M (in m3/s)
= n / 151.956 M x (3.2808)^3 ft3 x 86400/day
= 20078.68 n/M (in ft3/day)
= 0.02007868 n/M mmscfd (divide by 1million)
Example: For 1000kg/hr O2
M = 32.0 for O2
then
Vol flowrate = 0.02007868 n/M
= 0.02007868 x 1000/32
= 0.6275 mmscfd
---engineering your life---