Estudo teórico e experimental da velocidade do som em sistemas contendo hidrocarbonetos

Abstract

The discovery of oil reservoirs in the pre-salt layer has opened new perspectives for Brazilian economy. In deep waters, with high levels of CO2 and subjected to high pressures and temperatures, the oil exploration in the pre-salt layer is a considerable technological challenge. In this context, knowledge of compressibility coefficients and phase equilibrium data are essential for studying the thermodynamic behavior and flow in these oil fields. With this objective, experimental data were obtained for density and sound velocity in systems involving four pure hydrocarbons: n-decane, n-hexadecane, decalin and tetralin, as well as in multi-component systems involving these hydrocarbons, and in a sample of oil condensate. The results obtained allowed the calculation of isentropic, isothermal and isenthalpic compressibility coefficients. An evaluation on the ability to correlate experimental data of sound velocity with data calculated from Peng-Robinson and Lee-Kesler equations of state with mixing rules: (i) Spencer and Danner and (ii) Lee-Kesler is presented