Thermal Properties of Petroleum and Gas-to-liquid Products

Abstract

There are many locations in the world where natural gas is abundant, but isolated from the transportation infrastructure. Research is currently underway to develop methods to convert the gas to liquid (GTL) and transport it to the market. For safe and efficient transportation of this GTL, researchers and engineers must know its properties. This article presents several correlations for viscosity, specific heat, and thermal conductivity of this GTL. Researchers are also considering transportation of GTL commingled with crude oil. Therefore, the properties of this commingled mixture are presented here as well. Data on how these properties vary with temperature is also presented in graphs; this information would be very useful for designing a method of transportation in extremely cold regions.

Keywords:

• gas-to-liquid
• mixture properties
• specific heat
• thermal conductivity
• viscosity