Prediction of viscosity of natural gas is an important parameter in the energy industries such as natural gas storage and transportation. In this study viscosity of different compositions of natural gas is modeled by using an artificial neural network (ANN) based on back-propagation method. A reliable database including more than 3841 experimental data of viscosity for testing and training of A...

There are presently wide disagreements among experts concerning the future availability and price of petroleum and natural gas both domestically and worldwide. If these resources are to be available to future generations at affordable prices, then the technological challenge is to use these resources in ways that offer the greatest economic benefit and the minimum environmental damage. Petroleu...

In 1996, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) established criteria it uses when evaluating proposals for marketbased rates by natural gas pipelines. Since that time, a number of significant developments have occurred, both in markets for natural gas transportation and in economic tools for marketpower assessment. This article will review the current approach for measuring interstate ...

In this paper, a new semantic and graphic model is introduced to analyze the present status of the natural gas industries and markets in Japan and USA. The proposed method is based on the simulation of the physical flows and transaction flows of natural gas (NG) by using MFM(Multilevel Flow Model) and GIS(Geographic Information System), and it is used for the inter-comparison of supply, transpo...

Safety risk study on road transportation of hazardous chemicals is a reliable basis for the government to formulate transportation planning and preparing emergent schemes, but also is an important reference for safety risk managers to carry out dangerous chemicals safety risk managers. Based on the analysis of the transport safety risk of dangerous chemicals at home and abroad, this paper studi...

Until recently, natural gas was an also-ran in the sweepstakes for changing the face of transportation in the United States, even though expanded reliance on natural gas vehicles (NGVs) holds the promise of reducing carbon emissions, reducing dependence on oil, and even lowering transportation costs. Recently, however, interest in natural gas as a transportation fuel has grown, as shale gas res...