Table 1 The mole fraction and gas properties of natural gases used for modelling.

From: Decoupling and predicting natural gas deviation factor using machine learning methods

Components

Min value

(mol%)

Max value

(mol%)

Average value

(mol%)

Standard

deviation

Skewness

Kurtosis

\(\hbox {N}_2\)

0.239

2.91

1.077

0.49

1.284

4.865

\(\hbox {CO}_2\)

0

0.172

0.081

0.043

2.748

9.198

\(\hbox {CH}_4\)

93.728

73.391

89.84

2.306

− 0.861

4.18

\(\hbox {C}_2\hbox {H}_6\)

4.512

10.4

5.955

0.971

1.118

4.063

\(\hbox {C}_3\hbox {H}_8\)

0.772

7.253

1.668

0.621

1.25

4.916

\(\hbox {i-C}_4\)

0.152

2.283

0.344

0.121

1.218

3.917

\(\hbox {n-C}_4\)

0.0518

2.788

0.397

0.167

0.859

3.552

\(\hbox {i-C}_5\)

0.045

1.23

0.149

0.066

1.841

8.241

\(\hbox {n-C}_5\)

0.022

0.779

0.113

0.056

0.913

4.755

\(\hbox {C}_6\)

0.017

0.574

0.12

0.084

1.895

7.675

\(\hbox {C}_7\)+

0.00562

1.293

0.312

0.338

3.818

25.07

Molecular weight

17.222

23.721

18.383

0.599

− 0.357

1.543

Specific gravity

0.594

0.818

0.627

0.017

0.538

2.674

Pseudocritical pressure (MPa)

2.685

11.917

5.497

1.045

-0.341

2.454

Pseudocritical temperature (K)

180.339

272.3

202.557

6.722

-0.04

2.634

Temperature (K)

284.5

377.5

335.542

5.153

0.289

2.265

Pressure (MPa)

1.6

30.35

15.7

15.245

− 0.486

3.284

Z-factor

0.676

1.009

0.876

0.041

− 0.546

3.917