Natural gas distribution

The monomers used to make an addition polymer need not be identical. When two or more different monomers are polymerized into the same chain, the product is a copolymer. For instance, we routinely copolymerize ethylene with small percentages of other monomers such as a-olefins (e.g., 1-butene and 1-hexene) and vinyl acetate. We call the products of these reactions linear low density polyethylenes and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, respectively. We encounter these copolymers in such diverse applications as cling film, food storage containers, natural gas distribution pipes, and shoe insoles. 

Another alternative fuel already in use in many countries is (compressed) natural gas (CNG). Compressed natural gas is stored on board the vehicle at a pressure of around 200 bar and the range of CNG cars is comparable to gasoline cars. Compressed natural gas requires primarily the implementation of new refuelling stations, as a natural gas distribution infrastructure is already largely in place in many countries. Certain infrastructure components (e.g., pipelines or fuelling components) may possibly advance the introduction of hydrogen. 

Bottled gas was sold as early as 1810 in England, but propane was discovered at the start of the 20th century with the development of the natural gas industry. Problems in natural gas distribution were attributed to condensation of particular fractions of natural gas in pipes. This led to the removal of these higher boiling point gases and a search for applications for these gases. Concurrent with the development of the natural gas industry, society s... 

Dahl, H. J. and Osmundsen, P., (2002), Cost Structure in Natural Gas Distribution, Conference Proceedings at the 25th IAEE International Conference, Aberdeen... 

A third major market is consumption of propane as both a residential and commercial fuel, principally in rural areas beyond the reach of natural gas distribution systems. Additional major uses indicated in the other category of Fig. 16.6 include consumption as internal combustion engine fuels and numerous agricultural uses, such as crop drying. 

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The need for comparative studies Studies have been done of the general feasibility of biomass CHP. However, there was a general consensus that more comprehensive comparisons were needed of the technical and economic performance of biomass fuelled CHP in coii etition with other energy systems, such as natural gas distribution for residential heating. 

Studies should be made of the economics of building biomass-fuelled district heating networks for new residentiaiycommercial communities, and in particular of the comparative costs of these and natural gas distribution networks for the supply of fuel for heating. 

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In 1998, the distribution pipeline included 2,785,000 km (1,730,000 miles) of relatively small-diameter, low-pressure natural gas distribution piping, which is divided into 1,739,000 km (1,080,000 miles) of distribution main and 1,046,000 km (650,000 miles) of services. There are nearly 55 million services in the distribution system. Figure 3.18 shows the disttibution pipeline sector with regard to the oil and gas industry. 

In the case of natural gas transmission pipelines, 36% of the accidents were caused by external corrosion and 63% were caused by internal corrosion. In the case of natural gas distribution pipeline accidents, only 4% of the total accidents were caused by corrosion, and the majority of these were caused by external corrosion. The corrosion-related accidents in pipelines carrying natural gas and hazardous liquids are summarized in Table 5.11. 

As experience with creep rupture testing of polyolefins has been gained, elevated temperature tests have been used for quality control purposes, and standards set using such tests, i.e. the creep rupture time for pipes for natural gas distribution must exceed 170 h at 80 °C and a hoop stress of 3 MPa. Care must, however, be exercised if a polyethylene made by a different process is introduced, because the use temperature is close to 10 °C when the pipe is buried in the ground the slope of the Arrhenius plot varies between different polyethylenes. 

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