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Feasibility of accompanying uncontrolled linear heater with solar system in natural gas pressure drop stations

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ENERGY
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 420-428

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.02.058

Keywords

Solar thermal; Natural gas pressure drop station; Line heater; Natural gas preheating

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Natural gas (NG) must be preheated before pressure reduction takes places at City Gate Stations (CGS). Indirect Water Bath Gas Heaters are employed in the CGS for preheating. The heaters consume a considerable amount of NG for preheating. As low temperature is required, a solar system has been proposed to provide part of heat demand. The system consists of a collector array and a storage tank. The tank stores solar heat during the day and releases it during the night. To show the capabilities of the proposed system, the Akand CGS has been chosen as a case study. The results show that as the number of collector increases, the fuel cost decreases but the capital cost increases. An optimum number of collectors and the storage tank capacity have been found based on economic analysis. The fuel saving occurs throughout the year with the maximum at June. The economic feasibility study of the proposed system has been carried out using two methods. These methods are Simple Payback Ratio (SPR) and (Net Present Value) NPV. The first one unveils that the payback ratio is only 6.9 years. The NW method shows that the system will give net benefit after 11 years. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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