Experimental Study of the Effect of Using Fin on the Fire Tube of Gas Pressure Reduction Station Heater on Thermal Efficiency and and Reducing the Emission of Greenhouse Gas
Subject Areas : Air Pollution
Saeed
Rastegar
1
(Department of Mechanical Engineering, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.)
Hadi
Kargarsharifabad
2
(Energy and Sustainable Development Research Center, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran. *(Corresponding Author))
Nader
Rahbar
3
(Energy and Sustainable Development Research Center, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.)
Mohammad Behshad
Shafii,
4
(Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.)
Keywords: Greenhouse gas, Natural gas pressure reduction station, Heater, Thermal efficiency,
Abstract :
Background and Objective: The pressure of the natural gas at the pressure reduction station is reduced by the regulator and by the general law of the gases, the gas temperature is reduced by decreasing in constant volume. If the gas temperature falls below the dew point temperature, it can form hydrates, freeze, and eventually blockage and clogging of the gas passage. Therefore, indirect water bath heater is used to increase the gas temperature before the pressure reduction. At present, the thermal efficiency of these heaters is very low and a large amount of fuel is wasted in the heaters. Material and Methodology: In this paper, using fin in the gas pressure reduction station heater fire tube on its thermal efficiency and greenhouse gas investigated experimentally and and the thermodynamic and heat transfer characteristics of the heater are compared in the usual case and in the fin state. Findings: The results showed that using fin in the heater fire tube increased the thermal efficiency of the heater and the heat transfer coefficient by 14% and 19%, respectively. Discussion and Conclusion: If the results of the increasing in efficiency were applied to all gas pressure reduction station heaters, the energy saving and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions over one year were estimated to be 40 million cubic meters and 76.75 thousand tons, respectively.
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