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    This document provides an example of line sizing for a natural gas pipeline using ASPEN HYSYS. It gives the composition and properties of the natural gas stream and the design criteria for pressure drop and velocity. It then shows how to perform a pipe sizing analysis in ASPEN HYSYS to determine the minimum required piping diameter. The analysis checks 3 different pipe sizes and finds that a 16 inch pipe meets both the pressure drop and velocity criteria and is sufficient for this natural gas service.

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    KHAN ABDUL HAFEEZ

    Example problem: line sizing using ASPEN HYSYS (*)

    Natural gas with following composition


    C1   : 95%
    C2   : 2.5%
    C3   : 0.3%
    N2   : 1.6%
    CO2 : 0.6%
    Mass flow rate : 95000 kg/h ; Operating Pressure : 900 kPag ; Operating
    Temperature : 45 Co

    The Oil and Gas Design criteria for vapor piping service is as follow:
    𝞓P / L  = 1.5 bar/km
    𝞺v2        = 15000 Pa
    Calculate the minimum required piping diameter for this service.

    Solution:

    The natural gas steam properties could be checked using Peng-Robinson fluid package in
    ASPEN HYSYS.
    KHAN ABDUL HAFEEZ

    Then, click on the MATERIAL STEAM → go to ATTACHMENT tab → ANALYSIS → create PIPE


    SIZING Analysis → choose PRESSURE DROP calculation type

    Here, we have to specify the Inside Diameter (ID) of the piping system. As mention above, ID
    could be calculated based on the pipe NPS and pipe schedule. Selected schedule will depend
    on the pipe class specification defined by EPC company as agreed with the Oil and Gas
    company.

    For now, let's assume that we use Standard (STD) schedule for the pipe. 
    We will check if the pipe with 12, 14, and 16 NPS will adequate for this natural gas service.

    Inside diameter calculation (please browse for pipe NPS table, this could be easily found in
    any search engine)

    Pipe NPS (inch) 12 14 16


    DN (mm) 300 350 400
    OD (mm) 323.9 355.9 406.4
    wall thickness (mm) 9.53 9.53 9.53
    ID (mm) (**) 304.84 336.84 387.34

    **) ID = OD - 2*wall thickness

    Enter calculated ID at the Pipe Sizing window and check the result in PERFORMANCE tab
    KHAN ABDUL HAFEEZ

    Figure 4 - Pipe Sizing analysis in ASPEN HYSYS


    V10

    Figure 5 - Performance Tab of  Pipe Sizing


    Analysis

    Result recapitulation shown in the table below


    KHAN ABDUL HAFEEZ

    Discussions:

    ● For NPS 12 pipe, segment pressure drop is above the criteria 1.5 bar/km and
    momentum ( 𝞺v2 ) criteria is > 15000 Pa. Hence, a 12 NPS pipe will be undersized for
    this Natural Gas service 
    ● For NPS 14 pipe, the momentum ( 𝞺v2 )  is below 15000 Pa but the segment pressure
    drop is above 1.5 bar/km. Therefore 14 NPS pipe will not adequate for this service.
    ● For NPS 16 pipe, both momentum ( 𝞺v2 ) and pressure drop criteria is below the limit.
    Hence, we could choose 16 NPS as our pipe size for this natural gas service.
    Furthermore, to confirm this diameter

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