This paper presents a simplified method for predicting the performance of a gas well. A method for determining the deliverability of an unfractured gas well by use of a single-point flow test and a dimensionless Vogel-type inflow performance curve was proposed by Mishra and Caudle. Their procedure necessitates the calculation of real-gas pseudopressures for shut-in and flowing bottomhole pressures (BHP) obtained from pressure-buildup and stabilized-flow tests, respectively. This paper offers a simplification of this technique in which a range of pressure values is defined over which pressure-squared terms can be substituted for pseudopressures. A comparison is made between results obtained from analysis of well-test data on several gas wells made with conventional multipoint test methods, with the Mishra-Caudle technique, and with the simplified method presented in this paper. The simplified method offers the engineer who might not have access to a pseudopressure computer program or pseudopressure tables a method for estimating gas-well deliverabilities. The method of Mishra and Caudle and the simplified method were both observed to yield slightly conservative estimates of gas-well deliverabilities compared with the deliverabilities calculated from multipoint flow-test analyses. The simplified technique was found to be useful for predicting the performance of fractured gas wells as well as unfractured wells.

Voltage dependency static load models are commonly applied to simulation studies on low voltage network. However, there is generally a lack of established key parameters for voltage dependency static load models to represent loads commonly used in residential premises. This paper presents a statistical approach to determine key parameters in voltage dependency static load models. Eleven (11) individual single-phase types of loads were investigated based on field measurements corresponding to on-load tapchanger operations at 33 kV upstream. Changes in active and reactive power of the individual loads due to changes in input voltages were recorded and analyzed statistically to determine the parameters used for the voltage dependency static load model. The results were validated through laboratory measurements of the individual loads and found to be consistent and in close agreement with results obtained from the statistical analysis. A simulation case study performed on a low voltage network with solar photovoltaic penetration indicates significant deviation in peak power demand, power losses, reverse power flow and energy consumption in the network between constant power load model and LTV model in particular when source voltage is set at above 1.0 per unit.  Index Terms-voltage dependency load modelling, exponential load model, power system study, low voltage distribution network.

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