Results of tracer measurements of methane emissions from natural gas system facilities. Final report, March 1991-April 1994
The level of total natural gas emissions will affect the extent of the benefits with respect to climate change which can be arrived at by increasing the usuage of natural gas. Quantitative measurements of leakage can also indicate where mitigation efforts should be concentrated. Tracer techniques were successfully developed to accurately measure methane emissions from a very broad range of gas facilities. Measurements were conducted at sites in all sectors of the U.S. natural gas system, with emission rates ranging from 0.002 to 50000 cubic ft/hr. Variations of tracer techniques are used in which mobile realtime analyzers are crucial to the accurate measurement of methane emissions. Tracer techniques were shown to be applicable to facilities in all sectors of the natural gas system.
- Research Organization:
- Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 210851
- Report Number(s):
- PB-96-143912/XAB; ARI-RR-1070; CNN: Contract GRI-5091-254-2148; TRN: 60642444
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: May 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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