THE NEW SYSTEM EQUATION FOR DETERMINING THE QUANTITY OF GAS LOSS FROM AN UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE SYSTEM

The determination of quantity of gas loss from an underground natural gas storage system was presented. A system equation was propounded for the determination of the quantity of gas loss from an underground gas storage system. The variable parameters that the equation considered were the initial and final pressures, initial and final temperatures and initial and final compressibility factors of the storage gas while the constant was 35.3021 which is a factor for relating the pressure, temperature and compressibility factor of the gas at standard conditions. A Microsoft visual basic program was also developed based on the equation which can determine the quantity of gas loss from an underground natural gas storage system.