Eugene Coyle wrote:
It is NOT an LNG pipeline. It is a natural gas pipeline. LNG is not
transported by pipe.
Gene Coyle
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So, the headline stands corrected, it's CNG which I believe DOES liquify
the gas. It just doesn't have the other advantages of LNG stated below,
and anyway, the CNG will be most likely converted to LNG once it reaches
it pipline terminus.
Advantages:
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LNG can be very useful, particularly for the transportation of natural
gas, since LNG takes up about one six hundredth the volume of gaseous
natural gas.
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Further, it's safer to transport and many of the impurities are removed
(why transport waste material?).
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LNG, when vaporized to gaseous form, will only burn in concentrations
of between 5 and 15 percent mixed with air. In addition, LNG, or any
vapor associated with LNG, will not explode in an unconfined
environment. Thus, in the unlikely event of an LNG spill, the natural
gas has little chance of igniting an explosion. Liquification also has
the advantage of removing oxygen, carbon dioxide, sulfur, and water
from the natural gas, resulting in LNG that is almost pure methane.
http://www.naturalgas.org/lng/lng.asp
Other than harping on a mis-statement in the subject line, any comment
on the content of the article?
Leigh
http://leighm.net/
