Method and apparatus for real-time measurement of fuel gas compositions and heating values

Zelepouga, Serguei; Pratapas, John M.; Saveliev, Alexei V.; Jangale, Vilas V.

Title: Method and apparatus for real-time measurement of fuel gas compositions and heating values

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment can be an apparatus for real-time, in situ measurement of gas compositions and heating values. The apparatus includes a near infrared sensor for measuring concentrations of hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide, a mid infrared sensor for measuring concentrations of carbon monoxide and a semiconductor based sensor for measuring concentrations of hydrogen gas. A data processor having a computer program for reducing the effects of cross-sensitivities of the sensors to components other than target components of the sensors is also included. Also provided are corresponding or associated methods for real-time, in situ determination of a composition and heating value of a fuel gas.

Inventors:: Zelepouga, Serguei; Pratapas, John M.; Saveliev, Alexei V.; Jangale, Vilas V.

Issue Date:: 2016-03-22

Research Org.:: Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (United States) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1243321

Patent Number(s):: 9291610

Application Number:: 13/887,563

Assignee:: Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, IL) North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N33/225 - {Gaseous fuels, e.g. natural gas}
G01N21/85 - Investigating moving fluids or granular solids
G01N21/05 - Flow-through cuvettes
G01N21/3504 - for analysing gases, e.g. multi-gas analysis
G01N2021/8578 - {Gaseous flow
G01N21/359 - using near infra-red light
G01N2201/129 - Using chemometrical methods

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DOE Contract Number:: EE0000556

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 May 06

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 03 NATURAL GAS

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                    Zelepouga, Serguei, Pratapas, John M., Saveliev, Alexei V., and Jangale, Vilas V. Method and apparatus for real-time measurement of fuel gas compositions and heating values.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Zelepouga, Serguei, Pratapas, John M., Saveliev, Alexei V., & Jangale, Vilas V. Method and apparatus for real-time measurement of fuel gas compositions and heating values.  United States.

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                    Zelepouga, Serguei, Pratapas, John M., Saveliev, Alexei V., and Jangale, Vilas V. Tue .  
        "Method and apparatus for real-time measurement of fuel gas compositions and heating values".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1243321.

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  author       = {Zelepouga, Serguei and Pratapas, John M. and Saveliev, Alexei V. and Jangale, Vilas V.},

  abstractNote = {An exemplary embodiment can be an apparatus for real-time, in situ measurement of gas compositions and heating values. The apparatus includes a near infrared sensor for measuring concentrations of hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide, a mid infrared sensor for measuring concentrations of carbon monoxide and a semiconductor based sensor for measuring concentrations of hydrogen gas. A data processor having a computer program for reducing the effects of cross-sensitivities of the sensors to components other than target components of the sensors is also included. Also provided are corresponding or associated methods for real-time, in situ determination of a composition and heating value of a fuel gas.},

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Works referenced in this record:

A Real-Time Method for Determining the Composition and Heating Value of Opportunity Fuel Blends
conference, July 2013

Jangale, Vilas; Saveliev, Alexei; Zelepouga, Serguei
ASME 2012 Internal Combustion Engine Division Spring Technical Conference
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICES2012-81111

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