Process Modeling in the Natural Gas Processing Industry

Modeling is used in the natural gas industry for simulations of process and equipment design, analysis of system behavior, operator training, leak detection, and design of controllers. The level of model fidelity and rigor depends on the objective. This chapter discusses various modeling techniques, including empirical, rule-based, and first principles, which are commonly used for describing natural gas processes. The presented modeling techniques cover applications for data analysis, expert systems, control systems and dynamic simulations.