LNG Is Not LPG: How Natural Gas Becomes a Liquid
In short: How natural gas, mostly methane, is cleaned and deeply cooled into LNG, and why that makes it a different fuel from pressurised LPG.
A 2:08 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Prices for hydrocarbon gas liquids - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Liquefied natural gas - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; U.S. Department of Energy, Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (article dated January 27, 2021), “LNG Basics”; Honeywell UOP (vendor brochure hosted on the US DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory website), “honeywell-uop-lng-solutions-brochure.pdf”; Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A (Zhejiang University; review by the Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University), “Journal of Zhejiang University”; US Environmental Protection Agency, HERO database record of a book chapter by P. Bosma and R.K. Nagelvoort, Proceedings of the 1st Annual Gas Processing Symposium (Elsevier, 2009), “Liquefaction Technology; Developments through History”; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce – NIST Chemistry WebBook, SRD 69, “Methane”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Energy Kids, “Natural gas - Energy Kids: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids Explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Table Definitions, Sources, and Explanatory Notes”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Glossary - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Prices for hydrocarbon gas liquids - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Liquefied natural gas - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy, Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (article dated January 27, 2021) — LNG Basics · View →
- Honeywell UOP (vendor brochure hosted on the US DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory website) — honeywell-uop-lng-solutions-brochure.pdf · View →
- Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A (Zhejiang University; review by the Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University) — Journal of Zhejiang University · View →
- US Environmental Protection Agency, HERO database record of a book chapter by P. Bosma and R.K. Nagelvoort, Proceedings of the 1st Annual Gas Processing Symposium (Elsevier, 2009) — Liquefaction Technology; Developments through History · View →
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce – NIST Chemistry WebBook, SRD 69 — Methane · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Energy Kids — Natural gas - Energy Kids: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids Explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Table Definitions, Sources, and Explanatory Notes · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Glossary - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Prices for hydrocarbon gas liquids - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Liquefied natural gas - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy, Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (article dated January 27, 2021): LNG Basics
- Also: Honeywell UOP (vendor brochure hosted on the US DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory website): honeywell-uop-lng-solutions-brochure.pdf
- Also: Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A (Zhejiang University; review by the Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, : Journal of Zhejiang University
- Also: US Environmental Protection Agency, HERO database record of a book chapter by P. Bosma and R.K. Nagelvoort, Proceedings : Liquefaction Technology; Developments through History
- Also: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce – NIST Chemistry WebBook, SRD 69: Methane
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Energy Kids: Natural gas - Energy Kids: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids Explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Table Definitions, Sources, and Explanatory Notes
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Glossary - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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