Measurement of the (pressure, density, temperature) relation of two (methane + nitrogen) gas mixtures at temperatures between 240 and 400 K and pressures up to 20 MPa using an accurate single-sinker densimeter

Abstract

Comprehensive ( p, ρ, T) measurements on two gas mixtures of (0.9CH 4 + 0.1N 2) and (0.8CH 4 + 0.2N 2) have been carried out at six temperatures between 240 and 400 K and at pressures up to 20 MPa. A total of 108 ( p, ρ, T) data for the first mixture and 134 for the second one are given. These measurements were performed using a compact single-sinker densimeter based on Archimedes’ buoyancy principle. The overall uncertainty in density ρ is estimated to be (1.5 · 10 −4 · ρ + 2 · 10 −3 kg · m −3) (coverage factor k = 2), the uncertainty in temperature T is estimated to be 0.006 K (coverage factor k = 2), and the uncertainty in pressure p is estimated to be 1 · 10 −4· p (coverage factor k = 2). The equipment has been previously checked with pure nitrogen over the whole temperature and pressure working ranges and experimental results (35 values) are given and a comparison with the reference equation of state for nitrogen is presented.