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Lee-Gonzalez-Eakin (1966) gas viscosity correlation @model = LGE

Created by Arthur Aslanyan (Nafta College), last modified on Feb 09, 2022

Explicit natural gas viscosity correlation:

(1)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle \mu_g = K \cdot \exp \left( X \, \rho_g^Y \right)\end{array}$

(2)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle K = T^{1.5} \cdot \frac{9.379 + 0.01607 \, MW_g}{209.2 + 19.26 \, MW_g +T}\end{array}$

(3)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle X = 3.488 + \frac{986.4}{T} + 0.01009 \, MW_g\end{array}$

(4)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle Y = 2.447 - 0.2224 \, X\end{array}$

where

$\begin{array}{l}\mu_g\end{array}$	cp	Dynamic gas viscosity
$\begin{array}{l}T\end{array}$	°Rankine	Natural Gas Temperature
$\begin{array}{l}\rho_g\end{array}$	g/cc	Natural gas density
$\begin{array}{l}MW_g\end{array}$	g/mol	Natural gas molecular weight

The model range and statistical metrics:

Application range
	Temperature	100 °F ÷ 340 °F
	Pressure	100 psi ÷ 8,000 psi
Accuracy
	AAPE	2.7%

See also

Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Fluid (PVT) Analysis / Fluid (PVT) modelling / Dynamic fluid viscosity / Dynamic fluid viscosity @model

Natural Science / Physics /Thermodynamics / Natural gas viscosity correlations

Reference

Lee, A. L., Gonzalez, M. H., & Eakin, B. E. (1966). The Viscosity of Natural Gases. Journal of Petroleum Technology, 18(08), 997–1000. doi:10.2118/1340-PA (https://doi.org/10.2118/1340-PA)

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