Natural Gas: A Basic Handbook, Second Edition provides the reader with a quick and accessible introduction to a fuel source/industry that is transforming the energy sector. Written at an introductory level, but still appropriate for engineers and other technical readers, this book provides an overview of natural gas as a fuel source, including its origins, properties and composition. Discussions include the production of natural gas from traditional and unconventional sources, the downstream aspects of the natural gas industry. including processing, storage, and transportation, and environmental issues and emission controls strategies.
This book presents an ideal resource on the topic for engineers new to natural gas, for advisors and consultants in the natural gas industry, and for technical readers interested in learning more about this clean burning fuel source and how it is shaping the energy industry.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface to the second edition - p. xi 6. Part I: Origin and Properties - p. xiii 7. 1. History and use - p. 3 8. 2. Origin and production - p. 25 9. 3. Unconventional gas - p. 59 10. 4. Composition and properties - p. 99 11. 5. Recovery, storage, and transportation - p. 149 12. Part II: Gas Processing - p. 183 13. 6. History of gas processing - p. 189 14. 7. Process classification - p. 219 15. 8. Gas cleaning processes - p. 277 16. 9. Gas condensate - p. 325 17. Part III: Energy Security and the Environment - p. 356 18. 10. Energy security and the environment - p. 361 19. Appendix A. Examples of standard test methods for application to fuel gases and condensate - p. 391 20. Conversion factors - p. 393 21. Glossary - p. 397 22. Index - p. 433
Natural Gas: A Basic Handbook, Second Edition provides the reader with a quick and accessible introduction to a fuel source/industry that is transforming the energy sector. Written at an introductory level, but still appropriate for engineers and other technical readers, this book provides an overview of natural gas as a fuel source, including its origins, properties and composition. Discussions include the production of natural gas from traditional and unconventional sources, the downstream aspects of the natural gas industry. including processing, storage, and transportation, and environmental issues and emission controls strategies.
This book presents an ideal resource on the topic for engineers new to natural gas, for advisors and consultants in the natural gas industry, and for technical readers interested in learning more about this clean burning fuel source and how it is shaping the energy industry.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface to the second edition - p. xi 6. Part I: Origin and Properties - p. xiii 7. 1. History and use - p. 3 8. 2. Origin and production - p. 25 9. 3. Unconventional gas - p. 59 10. 4. Composition and properties - p. 99 11. 5. Recovery, storage, and transportation - p. 149 12. Part II: Gas Processing - p. 183 13. 6. History of gas processing - p. 189 14. 7. Process classification - p. 219 15. 8. Gas cleaning processes - p. 277 16. 9. Gas condensate - p. 325 17. Part III: Energy Security and the Environment - p. 356 18. 10. Energy security and the environment - p. 361 19. Appendix A. Examples of standard test methods for application to fuel gases and condensate - p. 391 20. Conversion factors - p. 393 21. Glossary - p. 397 22. Index - p. 433
