Method for estimating the dielectric constant of natural gas mixtures

Published

January 11, 2005

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey, Eric Lemmon

Abstract

A method is developed for calculating the static dielectric constant (relative permittivity) of fluid mixtures, with an emphasis on natural gas. The dielectric constant is calculated as a function of temperature, density, and composition; the density is calculated with a fundamental mixture equation of state. Theory-based correlations were developed for the dielectric constant of all significant components of natural gas, including not only the light hydrocarbons but also gases such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide. In many cases, these correlations took advantage of new, highly accurate data measured in cross capacitors. For mixtures, the pure-component values are combined as proposed by Harvey and Prausnitz; this produces better results than the traditional mixing rule.

Citation

International Journal of Thermophysics

Volume

26

Issue

1

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

dielectric constant, energy, mixtures, natural gas, polarization, relative permittivity

Citation

Harvey, A. and Lemmon, E. (2005), Method for estimating the dielectric constant of natural gas mixtures, International Journal of Thermophysics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50062 (Accessed April 19, 2024)