This giant reference, sponsored by the American Gas Association and written by a staff of 150 specialists, answers any general or specific engineering information requirement in regard to natural, liquefied petroleum, and manufactured gases.
Presents in concise, orderly fashion all "working" facts and data on fuel gases needed by engineers, industry and government personnel.Brings together in one volume and 125 chapters all conceivable engineering methods and operating data of the entire gas industry, from source to burner.Tables, graphs, charts, equations, and illustrations clarify and illuminate a text that is crammed with the kind of information that is virtually unobtainable elsewhere.
Preface
Chapter 1: Fuels, Combustion and Heat Transfer
Chapter 2: Production and Conditioning of Manufactured Gas
Chapter 3: Production, Gathering, and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases
Chapter 4: Gas Testing
Chapter 5: Gas Measurement
Chapter 6: Transmission of Gas
Chapter 7: Distribution of Gas
Chapter 8: Storage of Gas
Chapter 9: Corrosion
Chapter 10: Utilization of Gas
Chapter 11: Chemicals from Natural Gas
Chapter 12: Purging
Chapter 13: Electrical Applications in the Gas Industry
Index
