Experiment Study on Interchangeability of Multi-Source Natural Gas for Domestic Appliance

2012 ◽  
Vol 512-515 ◽  
pp. 1901-1904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Guang Chen ◽  
Chao Kui Qin ◽  
Yang Jun Zhang ◽  
Chun Yan Tian

With the growing importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the interchangeabilities issues of pipeline natural gas (PNG) and LNG are becoming increasingly serious in China. In this paper, some sampled domestic appliances were selected to experimentally investigate the interchangeability of multi-source natural gases including PNG and LNG in Guangdong province. Performances including heat Load, thermal efficiency, CO emission and NOx emission were examined. Through the testing result it can conclude that the heat load of domestic appliances changes consistently with Wobbe Index of gases; well-adjusted domestic appliances can interchange within the different source gases and without materially increasing in CO and NOx emissions, but the efficiency of gas appliance will be largely affected.

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 3997
Author(s):  
Pengfei Duan ◽  
Chaokui Qin ◽  
Zhiguang Chen

In China, it has become a more common practice to introduce natural gases from different sources into the same distribution system to improve supply security and reliability. Variable gas constituents may cause a negative impact on the performance of domestic gas appliances. This paper aims to study the CO emission of a Chinese gas cooker under different constituents of natural gas. A typical Chinese gas cooker with two burners, each of which has a nominal heat input of 3.8 kW, was selected. One of the burners was modified to a forced-mixed mode to replace primary air injection. Within operational ranges corresponding to the permissible Wobbe index—namely, primary air coefficients and heat inputs—the equivalence between original gas and the CH4/C3H8/N2 three-component mixture in terms of CO emission was experimentally validated. Then, different three-component mixtures were input into the other unmodified burner, which operates under injected primary air, to investigate how the CO emission changed with different gas constituents. It was found that the CO emission of a natural gas and a CH4/C3H8/N2 three-component mixture, in terms of CO emission, were equivalent. The combination of the two indexes, W and PN, can describe the CO emission from a gas cooker accurately. By means of a three-component mixture, the empirical formula, which can correlate CO and the gas property parameters, was proposed. A set of equal-CO lines was revealed for a given initial primary air adjustment. Finally, a feasible approach to manage gas quality management in China was put forward, and the conclusion can help control the CO emission of gas cookers and improve indoor air quality.


2013 ◽  
Vol 724-725 ◽  
pp. 1017-1020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Guang Chen ◽  
Chao Kui Qin ◽  
Yang Jun Zhan ◽  
Ju Qiu

Many cities in China are being supplied with natural gases from different sources including PNGs (Pipeline Natural Gas) and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas), critical attention should be paid to natural gas interchangeability problems. In this paper, the applicability of Weaver Indices for Chinese natural gas interchangeability prediction has been discussed. Experiment with 17 sets of domestic gas appliances and 11 natural gases about 187 test conditions has been done to analyze the interchangeability. It can conclude from experiment results that some sources of natural gas cannot be interchangeable, and Weaver Indices isnt totally suitable to predict lifting and incomplete combustion performance for Chinese natural gas interchangeability. It suggests the limits of Incomplete Combustion JI should be changed into JI0.04 and Lifting JL to JL0.95.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 5060
Author(s):  
Szymon Kuczyński ◽  
Mariusz Łaciak ◽  
Adam Szurlej ◽  
Tomasz Włodek

The one of main quality requirements of natural gas as an engine fuel is the methane number (MN). This parameter indicates the fuel’s capability to avoid knocking in the engine. A higher MN value indicates a better natural gas quality for gas engines. Natural gas with higher methane content tends to have higher MN value. This study presents analysis of deviation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) composition and its impact on LNG quality as an engine fuel. The analysis of higher hydrocarbons and nitrogen content impact on LNG parameters was considered for several samples of LNG compositions. Most engine manufacturers want to set a new, lower limit value for methane number at 80. This fact causes significant restrictions on the range of variability in the composition of liquefied natural gas. The goal of this study was to determine the combination of the limit content of individual components in liquefied natural gas to achieve the strict methane number criterion (MN > 80). To fulfill this criterion, the methane content in LNG would have to exceed 93.7%mol, and a significant part of the LNG available on the market does not meet these requirements. The analysis also indicated that the methane number cannot be the only qualitative criterion, as its variability depends strongly on the LNG composition. To determine the applicability of LNG as an engine fuel, the simultaneous application of the methane number and Wobbe index criteria was proposed.


Author(s):  
Dimitri Namgaladze ◽  
Tornike Kiziria ◽  
Lena Shatakishvili ◽  
Tamaz Ghvanidze

The increase in the cost of energy and the appearance of gases of various qualities led to the fact that calculations in the gas industry began to be made by measuring thermal energy.  To this day, in Georgia, the calculation of the amount of natural gas when paying for the used gas is in cubic meters.  As for the study of processes and parameters in the Georgian gas sector, it turned out that these processes are clearly stochastic.  Therefore, the purpose of the work is to develop criteria for the interchangeability of natural gas, in particular, a diagram of the interaction between the Wobbe index in total proportions of propane and nitrogen equivalent for the Georgian gas market, based on stochastic processes.  Thus, for the first time, an original methodology for plotting the Wobbe Index (calorific value) of interchangeable natural gases supplied to Georgia was developed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 1214-1229
Author(s):  
Zhiguang Chen ◽  
Yangjun Zhang ◽  
Pengfei Duan ◽  
Chaokui Qin

In this article, a small-scale partially premixed combustor was designed with 1.5 kW heat input rate. Through altering premixing ratio of gas and air, the lifting and yellow tip characteristics were experimentally tested with the burner head material of cast-iron and copper–aluminum respectively. Combined with burner head temperature influences, the lifting and yellow tip characteristics of small-scale partially premixed combustor are discussed when natural gas is substituted. It is found that when lifting and yellow tip occur, the cast-iron burner shows a slow tendency of temperature change, but the temperature of copper–aluminum burner fluctuates sharply. Yellow tip is related to gas properties and burner structure, and is more likely to appear with the increase of the Wobbe index and heavy hydrocarbon fraction, while lifting is very likely to appear when temperature fluctuates. Yellow tip characteristic can be predicted by Wobbe index, but this method is unsuitable for lifting prediction.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2096 (1) ◽  
pp. 012049
Author(s):  
O N Medvedeva ◽  
S D Perevalov

Abstract The object of the research is an isothermal tank container for storage and transportation of liquefied natural gases, which requires special operating conditions and is related to a technological facility of increased danger. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the type and thickness of the insulating material to reduce the losses of liquefied natural gas during storage and transportation. Based on the results of the analysis, effective insulation materials were selected for use in cryogenic tanks for isothermal storage of LNG, the optimal thickness of the insulation material was determined, which provides the required level of losses for gas evaporation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 960-961 ◽  
pp. 1389-1393
Author(s):  
Qiang Shi ◽  
Chun Hua Zhang ◽  
Yan Chao Cai ◽  
Ju Xiang Fang

In order to study the application of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) on diesel engine, a turbocharged diesel engine was converted into a dual-fuel engine ignited by diesel fuel. The effects of load ratio on fuel economy and emissions of dual-fuel engine were compared and analyzed at engine speed of 1200 r/min, 1600 r/min and 2200 r/min. The experimental results show that, the specific fuel consumption is reduced with the increase of load ratio at different speeds. As the load ratio increases, CO emission of dual-fuel reduces, but it increases slightly at high loads and full load. When the load ratio is less than 40%, HC emission of dual-fuel is reduced significantly with the increase of load, but increases when the load ratio continues to increase, and finally HC emission is stable. When the load ratio is less than 40 %, NOx emission is relatively low, as the load ratio increases, increases sharply, but at high loads and full load, reduces slightly.


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