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Natural Gas Industry: An Introduction
Published in Pramod Paliwal, Sudhir Yadav, Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution Business, 2019
To facilitate the transmission of natural gas at high pressures in the cross-country pipelines, adequate pipeline pressure must be consistently managed in the pipelines. A series of compressor stations usually placed at 60–160 kilometer intervals along the pipeline manage pipeline pressure. Natural gas is compressed at these compressor stations by using machines (such as engines, turbines, and motors) and technology generally used at such compressor stations.
The Natural Gas Flow Process
Published in John Studebaker, Maximizing Energy Savings and Minimizing Costs, 2020
This is accomplished by compressor stations, usually placed at 40–100 mile intervals along the pipeline. The natural gas enters the compressor station, where it is compressed by either a turbine or reciprocating engine. The compression stations consume pipeline natural gas to operate. This usage causes what is called system shrink—less natural gas at the end of the pipe than at the entrance of the pipe.
Energy and Environmental Markets
Published in Anco S. Blazev, Power Generation and the Environment, 2021
Pipes can be from 6-48 in diameter and hundreds to thousands of miles long. Compressor stations, placed at 40-100 mile intervals along the pipeline keep the pressure high, as needed to help move the gas along. Here scrubbers and filters capture any liquids or other unwanted particles from the natural gas in the pipeline.
PRCI ambient NO2 AERMOD performance assessment and model improvement project: Modeled to observed comparison
Published in Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2020
Jeffrey A. Panek, James M. McCarthy, Adrian Z. Huth, Alan J. Krol, Christopher Nowak
Natural gas pipeline compressor stations are constructed and operated by the country’s natural gas pipeline companies to maintain pressure in pipelines that ultimately supply homes and businesses with natural gas. Many of these compressor stations utilize internal combustion engines or turbines as their prime movers to compress the gas for the pipelines, both of which emit NO and NO2, referred to as NOx, into the atmosphere.