University of zakho
Collage of engineering
Petroleum Department
3rd stage
Constant composition expansion
(CCE)
Prepared by
Nasih Nuri Ahmed
Supervised by
Mr. alla haji
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Experiment Name: Constant composition expansion (CCE)
1. Objective:
The purpose of this experiment is to:
1- determining the bubble point pressure
2- And to provide the information of dew point ,gas deviation factor and relative volume of
the fluid at different pressure
2. Introduction : the constant composition expansion is one of the PVT analyses parameter
that The bubble point pressure is determined by Constant Composition Expansion (CCE). It’s
also called Constant Mass Expansion (CME) experiment or Pressure-Volume (PV)
relationship .
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Bubble Point Pressure:
The bubble point pressure is the pressure, at some reference temperature, that the first bubble
of gas is liberated from the liquid phase. It is also known as the saturation pressure.
The reference temperature is usually the reservoir temperature, but any temperature can be
used.
Note that the bubble point pressure is a function of temperature and changing the reference
temperature will change the bubble point pressure.
4. Equipments used: The apparatus used to perform this experiment is the PV cell, as shown
in the figure below. The fluid is charged in the PV cell after recombining the oil and gas in
the correct proportions. The temperature, controlled by a thermostat, is maintained constant
throughout the experiment (the measured reservoir temperature). The cell pressure is
controlled by a positive displacement pump and recorded on an accurate pressure gauge.
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Bubble Point Measurement:
A schematic of a Constant Composition Expansion experiment steps is shown in the figure
below. The PV cell pressure is initially raised to a value greater than the bubble point
pressure. the pressure is subsequently reduced in stages, and on each stage, the volume of the
cell is recorded.
Initially, the oil volume change is small (points: P1 and P2) until we reach some point (P3)
where we get a large volume change (P4 and P5). P3 is the bubble point pressure at which the
gas begins to come out of the solution and form bubbles and the overall compressibility of
the system increases significantly. In this manner, the CCE experiment can be used to
measure the bubble point pressure.
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6. Calculation
Example:
The following table illustrates the results of a CCE experiment for an oil sample obtained by
subsurface sampling. The temperature is maintained constant and equal to 114 °C. The
bubble point pressure for this sample is equal to 424.5 bar. The relative volume in the graph
below are volumes measured in relation to this bubble point volume (@Pb, Vrel = 1).
NB: The shape of the (Relative Volume)-Pressure curve changes with the type of the
reservoir fluid (either black oil, volatile oil, gas condensate, dry gas).
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Constant composition expansion experiment is also known as relationship experiment, which
provides information on determination of dew point, relative volume of the fluid, and
retrograde condensate liquid saturation at different pressures. Relative volume is the ratio
between the volume of each pressure and the volume of dew point pressure, and the
retrograde condensate liquid saturation is the ratio between the volume of the retrograde
condensate oil and the volume of the dew point pressure. If we notice that at the curve above
as pressure decline the volume increase so the V is increase as P decrease and the bubble
point pressure will determine .
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8. REFERENCES:
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