Measure for measure: Collaboration on R and D yields new tool for quantifying gas-energy content
It`s only a unobtrusive box mounted on a wall--a gas energy-content meter, to be precise. But the several parties that have been working closely on its development and field-testing, currently in the second (Alpha II prototype) phase, have high hopes for it, on several counts. The new meter, just recently christened GEC-100, achieves two important objectives. It provides real-time energy measurement (the ability to organize and report data at nearly the same time it`s measured). And it provides cost savings, selling at less than $3,500; its competitors in real-time energy technology cost roughly $10,000--$30,000. Its developers also say the device will offer important competitive advantages in the turbulent new world of deregulation, where timely and accurate measurement of both energy value and volume consumed translate to greater precision in areas like customer metering and transportation custody transfer. The paper explains how the new meter works, what motivated the GRI to support development of the device, and the field testing.
- OSTI ID:
- 465076
- Journal Information:
- American Gas, Vol. 79, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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