PVT Max
PVTMax® has been developed to facilitate calculation of all thermodynamic properties of interest to petroleum engineers & beyond. It can be used for crude oil characterization and PVT analysis - in order to simulate PVT experimental data acquired from the laboratory - while it can also be used for the evaluation of equilibrium conditions in multiphase equilibria (flash calculations), generation of phase envelopes, as well as additonal functionalities such as CO2 freezing point calculations, and prediction of hydrate formation conditions for binary or multi-component mixtures.
Calculations are based on fundamental thermodynamic principles and validated algorithms, and the package incorporates a variety of thermodynamic models such as equations of state and also valid correlations, where applicable.
PVT simulation
- Constant mass expansion (CME)
- Constant volume depletion (CVD)
- Differential liberation (DL)
- Separator test
- Viscosity experiment
- Swelling
- Compositional Gradient
Tuning fluid models to experimental data
- Various objective functions
- Regression for plus compositions
Characterization of crude samples
- Splitting and Lumping
- Grouping
- Asphaltene precipitation prediction
- Wax formation modeling
- Scale formation prediction
- Mud Cleaning
- Recombination of Gas and Oil
- Viscosity Tuning
- Minimum miscibility pressure calculations
