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Title: Cost-Effective Reciprocating Engine Emissions Control and Monitoring for E&P Field and Gathering Engines

Abstract

During the second reporting period, the project team focused on identifying promising technologies that can then be used to monitor and control emissions from E&P engines. These technologies include control and monitoring technologies and in most cases can be used to monitor engine performance as well as control and monitor engine emissions. The project team also identified three potential sources to receive a Cooper Ajax engine that is approximately 100 bhp. The goal is to have this engine delivered to the project team by the end of the calendar year 2003. This will then allow the team to prepare the engine for testing at Ricardo in early 2004.

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Research Org.:
Kansas State University
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
889596
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-02NT15464
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; ENGINES; MONITORING; MONITORS; PERFORMANCE; PROGRESS REPORT; TESTING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; FIELD PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT

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Kirby S. Chapman. Cost-Effective Reciprocating Engine Emissions Control and Monitoring for E&P Field and Gathering Engines. United States: N. p., 2003. Web. doi:10.2172/889596.
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Kirby S. Chapman. Cost-Effective Reciprocating Engine Emissions Control and Monitoring for E&P Field and Gathering Engines. United States. doi:10.2172/889596.
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Kirby S. Chapman. Mon . "Cost-Effective Reciprocating Engine Emissions Control and Monitoring for E&P Field and Gathering Engines". United States. doi:10.2172/889596. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/889596.
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title = {Cost-Effective Reciprocating Engine Emissions Control and Monitoring for E&P Field and Gathering Engines},
author = {Kirby S. Chapman},
abstractNote = {During the second reporting period, the project team focused on identifying promising technologies that can then be used to monitor and control emissions from E&P engines. These technologies include control and monitoring technologies and in most cases can be used to monitor engine performance as well as control and monitor engine emissions. The project team also identified three potential sources to receive a Cooper Ajax engine that is approximately 100 bhp. The goal is to have this engine delivered to the project team by the end of the calendar year 2003. This will then allow the team to prepare the engine for testing at Ricardo in early 2004.},
doi = {10.2172/889596},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2003},
month = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2003}
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