Liquefied natural gas: moving energy from here. [Includes discussion of peak-shaving facilities]

Journal Article · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977 · Dimensions/NBS; (United States)

OSTI ID:7286347

Higgins, K

The National Bureau of Standards has been developing and improving methods for getting natural gas from producer to consumer in the liquefied form. LNG is important to the whole natural gas system because of the economics of transportation and storage. A major factor is the obvious advantage of transporting natural gas as LNG by ship to and from foreign countries where pipelines are not feasible or are impractical to construct. One way to reduce the effect of peak-demand conditions is to build LNG peak-shaving facilities, where distributors convert natural gas that is unused during times of low demand to LNG. The LNG is stored until peak-demand conditions arise. Then, when the daily allotment is consumed, the unused natural gas, stored as LNG, is converted back to natural gas and provided to the distributor's customers with no interruption. Today, peak-shaving facilities account for the largest use of LNG in the U.S. One hundred-six facilities are now in operation or being completed, (55 are actual liquefaction, storage, and gasification operations; 51 are satellite storage plants). Existing U.S. peak-shaving plants can now store 3 million cubic meters of LNG (65 billion cubic daily feet equivalent of natural gas) and produce approximately 14,000 cubic meters of LNG daily for storage. (MCW)

• Research Organization: National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, CO
• OSTI ID: 7286347
• Journal Information: Dimensions/NBS; (United States), Journal Name: Dimensions/NBS; (United States) Vol. 61:5; ISSN DNBSB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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