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Key Components of a Natural Gas Delivery System

Length: 60 minutes
Subscription: 1 month - 12 months
Cost: $69 - $89
Prerequisites: None

This Key Components of a Natural Gas Delivery System online course explains the how the components of the gas delivery system work, It addresses the various options for each component and how each functions.

What you will learn:

  • The sectors of the gas delivery system from wellhead to customer
  • The key components of the gas delivery system
  • The function of each of the key components
  • How the key components work
  • The applications for the key components

Following is a more detailed outline of content contained in the Key Components of the Natural Gas Delivery System online course.

Course content:

  • Where does natural gas come from?
  • Gas delivery system overview
  • Maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP)
  • Pipe
    • Pipe material
    • Pipe design factors
    • Pipe applications
    • Plastic versus steel
  • Valves
    • Valve functions
    • Types of valves (ball, plug, gate, spring, pressure relief, excess flow)
    • Valve applications
    • Valve operation
  • Compression
    • Compression equipment
    • How compression works
    • Prime movers
    • Compressors (centrifugal, reciprocating)
    • Controls
    • Emergence shutdown systems (EDS)
  • Regulators
    • Types of regulators (spring-loaded, pilot operated)
    • Regulator applications
  • Meters
    • Metering function
    • Types of meters (diaphragm, rotary, turbine, orifice, ultrasonic)
    • Smart gas meters
  • Monitoring and control equipment
    • Monitoring equipment
    • Control equipment
    • SCADA system
    • Odorant equipment


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