Fuel Gas

Static Control in PE Fuel Gas Pipe

Why address this issue? As of 2002, 525,959 miles (or about 46%) of gas distribution mains in the US were plastic and PE is the material of choice for distributors. It doesn’t corrode, doesn’t need cathodic protection and has a life of at least 100 years. It is a remarkable fuel gas distribution material. During a Plastic Pipe Fuel Gas Symposium I attended, a southern California gas distributor...

Fuel Tank Capacity and Gas Pump Accuracy

Often when fuel prices rise as they have during 2005, weights and measures officials see an increase in the number of complaints related to the accuracy of gasoline pumps (retail motor-fuel dispensers). Frequently, weights and measures jurisdictions report receiving consumer complaints from motorists who believe they filled their vehicle's fuel tank with more gasoline than the tank is specified...

On Fuel Suitability for Gas Turbines

Industrial gas turbines allow operation with a wide variety of gaseous and liquid fuels. To determine the suitability for operation with a gas fuel system, various physical parameters of the proposed fuel need to be determined: heating value, dew point, JouleThompson coefficient, Wobbe index, and others. This paper describes an approach to provide a consistent treatment for determining the abov...

The Ethanol - Gas Flex Fuel car : What is the option value of choosing your own Fuel ?

Renewable energy sources are becoming more important as the world’s supply of fossil fuels decrease and also due to environmental concerns. Since 2003, when the ethanol-gasoline flex fuel car became commercially available in Brazil, the growth of this market has been significant, to the point where currently 40% of the fuel consumption in Brazil is from renewable biofuels. This has been made po...

Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards