Gas Infrastructure Articles
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A partnership with Volvo – Creating a mainstream dual fuel truck - Case Study
Through to 2014, Volvo released the Volvo FM MethaneDiesel, a 13 litre, 460HP truck capable of running on a combination of diesel and liquid natural gas. This was the culmination of a five-year development agreement with Volvo Powertrain incorporating Clean Air Power’s DualFuel™ technology to deliver a commercially available truck running on natural gas or biogas and capable of ...
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No Pipeline for Renewable Natural Gas Projects? No problem. Use Virtual Pipeline Technology
On site biogas production Biogas can be produced from various organic resources of which the most common are agricultural waste, municipal waste, landfills, and wastewater treatment facilities. But biogas upgrading is also very much applicable in the (food & beverage) industry. Through biogas upgrading, trace impurities and carbon dioxide (CO2) in raw biogas are separated from methane (CH4) ...
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Trailblazer Pipeline Compressor Station - 4-MW WHP System - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Peetz, Colorado MARKET SECTOR: Oil and Gas, Midstream ANNUAL ELECTRIC OUTPUT: 27,600 MWh/year EQUIPMENT: Ormat Organic Rankine Cycle Heat Exchanger FUEL: Waste heat from turbines drive pipeline compressors IN OPERATION SINCE: 2009 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS: Site produces virtually nemissions. Nwater is used. FINANCIAL BENEFIT: $10 million over 20 years YEARLY ENERGY ...
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Being Familiar With Oil Sludge Pyrolysis Plant Technology
On earth of oil production, during exploration, drilling, and refining, oil sludge is normally found. Oil sludge is made up of a mixture of water, sludge, oil as well as other contaminants that can be damaging for the environment. If oil sludge will not be processed properly, you can get more pollution in a environment that is certainly already experiencing mounting pollution problems. The good ...
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Hydrogen plays a key role in the European Green Deal
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launched the European Green Deal last Wednesday, on 11 December. The goal is ambitious. If the European Green Deal becomes reality, the European Union will become climate neutral by 2050. To reach the goal, the EU will have to overturn almost every policy area. Europe inevitably needs hydrogen to reach this arduous goal. Looking at the ...
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TBox RTU’s provide reliable, Cyber Secure solution at the Shaanxi-Beijing 4th Gas Pipeline - Case Study
About the Shannxi-Beijing 4th Gas Pipleline PetroChina Beijing Natural Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd. is a regional company specializing in pipeline construction and operation management for PetroChina. It is responsible for the construction, operation and management of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Gas Pipeline Project (referred to as Shaanxi-Beijing Pipeline). The 4th Shaanxi-Beijing Gas Pipeline Project ...
By Ovarro
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Fuel Cells Can Decarbonize California’s Buildings (While Keeping the Lights On)
California just faced historic blackouts. In fact, it endured three of the largest planned power outages in state history. The era of intentionally cutting off power to residents and businesses across the state to prevent wildfires – known as Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) – has arrived, and it’s highlighting the urgent need for energy solutions that address both the causes ...
By Bloom Energy
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Power Outage Solutions: How Businesses Can Protect Themselves from Blackouts
In a few short weeks, the U.S. saw unprecedented stretches of its territory go dark. Millions of people across the nation experienced blackouts in October, feeling the first-hand wrath of a changing climate and an aging grid. On the west coast, the threat of wildfires spurred three of California’s largest utilities to cut power to millions of people; some were without power for more than ...
By Bloom Energy
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Kohler Diesel Generators Powering Beyondie SOP Project Village, Australia
October was a big month for Perth based Sulphate of Potash (SOP) producer Kalium Lakes. Following approval by its board to proceed with the Beyondie SOP Project (BSOPP), the company awarded contracts for a new 80km gas pipeline, a $20M purification plant and a 7.5MW gas fired power station which will be delivered by Clarke Energy. The Beyondie SOP Project is the first of its kind in Australia ...
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Hydrogen as Future Fuel for Gas Engines
Gas engines are providing a wide range of fuel flexibility from burning natural gas and a variety of non- natural gaseous fuels from low British Thermal Unit (BTU) gases as well as gases containing a high hydrogen content. Hydrogen containing gases can be found as by-product from steel (furnace gas) or chemical process, or alternatively hydrogen is produced and blended to natural gas. In the ...
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Bulk Cement Trucks
Bulk Cement Truck, also known as powder material transporter, consists of a special automobile chassis, a bulk cement tank body, a gas pipeline system, and an automatic unloading device. It is suitable for bulk transportation of fly ash, cement, lime powder, ore powder, granular alkali and other dry materials with particle diameter, not more than 0.1mm. Mainly used in cement plants, cement ...
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Annual PV O&M costs set to double by 2024; US pulls tariff exemptions for bifacial panels
Annual solar O&M costs set to hit $9 billion by 2024: WoodMac Annual global solar operations and maintenance (O&M) costs will double from around $4.5 billion in 2019 to $9.4 billion in 2024, as installed PV capacity grows, Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables said in a new report. By 2024, inverter replacement costs alone will hit around $1.2 billion, representing around 13% of O&M ...
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Qualvista Biogas Monitoring in Ämmässuo landfill site, Finland Case Study
Qualvista Biogas Monitoring solution was deployed in HSY’s Ämmässuo landfill site in Finland, one of the largest biogas production facilities in Europe. This installation was completed in April 2016, and was preceeded by a successful pilot phase cooperation during the Qualvista Biogas Monitor product development during 2015 and 2016. HSY Operational Manager Sauli Kopalainen is ...
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GAS PIPELINES, AQUEDUCTS, TELEPHONE AND OPTICAL FIBER CHANNELS: the future is here and confirms savings and respect for the environment.
MB Crushers objective has always been to design and build attachments to facilitate and ease the workflow on construction sites, in specific to excavation and trenching. To make them as autonomous and profitable as possible. While protecting the environment and its surrounding inhabitants. The entire sector is in fact at the center of a global transformation and it is important to be an active ...
By MB Crusher
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Triple Pass Dryer
1. With high technology content, self-insulation cylinder, thermal efficiency as high as 80% (single-cylinder dryer thermal efficiency is only 35%), compared with single-cylinder drying coal-saving 68%, its production increased by 100%.2. Compared with a single drum dryer, the length of the whole triple pass triple pass dryer is shortened by 60%, which is conducive to the process layout. Reduce ...
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Niger Oil Field Power Plant - Case Study
6×1200kW gas generators as main power, and 1×800kW diesel generator for black start, in desert area, Niger. Commissioning and operating began in 2010,and till now the power plant runs ...
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Boosting gas pipelines to optimum levels - Case Study
As gas pressure drops in the gas pipeline network, the transportation capacity is reduced. Compressor plants are used to boost gas pressure back up to optimum operating levels. Monitoring fuel gas to compressors is typically accomplished with an orifice or turbine meter. Because both of these methods are subject to fouling and failure, they require frequent skilled maintenance in order to ...
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Odense, Denmark Project - Case Study
Fjernvarme Fyn A/S upgrades its existing waste incineration plant in Odense, Denmark - with flue gas condensation. Two FGC lines with double stage flue gas condensers and an absorption heat pumps are to be delivered by Radscan. Installation starting spring 2017 and taking over in the end of ...
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District heating in the Les Cremades municipal complex (Caldes de Montbui - Barcelona) - Case Study
District heating to supply heat to various municipal buildings in Caldes de Montbui (Barcelona) The energy produced is supplied to school, nursery, sports center and municipal swimming pool. There is a support system using 800kW gas boilers. Main Data of the Installation: Boiler: HS500 Power: 500kW Fuel: Wood chips Accumulator inertia: 10,000L Annual savings: € 50,000 ...
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New Solar Cell Technology to Help lower prices for the consumer
Inkjet Perovskite solar cells may help shape the future of energy production by lowering costs, and transparency Solar panels used to be costly and time-consuming to produce—and quite expensive on the consumer side. New technologies have driven costs as well as production time down, to the benefit of consumers. See what's new with solar panels and where the solar cell technology is going. ...
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