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Chapter 21

Practical Exercise on CGD


Question 1: Determine the density of: (a). Natural Gas with respect to air (considering natural gas as Methane) and (b). LNG Answer: (a0.55 (b)density of LNG is 0.43 Tn / M3

Question 2. How many households can be served by one LNG tanker of 18 Ton capacity /day?
Assume tanker carries LNG from pure Methane and each household needs 0.5 SCm/day

Answer. 50,232 Nos Question 3. What are the pressure level in transmission Pipeline, sub Transmission Pipeline, Steel
Network of CGD, Downstream of DRS, Downstream of service regulator and downstream of Meter regulator ?

Answer. The pressure levels in above locations are; (i). Transmission Pipeline = max pressure 90-98 bar (ii). Sub Transmission Pipeline = max pressure 90-98 bar (iii). Steel mains Pressure = 19 to 49 bar (iv). Downstream of DRS =4 to 7 bar (v). Downstream of Service regulator = 121 mbar (vi). Downstream of Meter regulator = 21 mbar

Question 4. Establish from first principles the relationship between Kcal and mmbtu Answer. 1mmbtu = 0.252x106 Kcal

Question 5 ;. How many scm of natural gas be contained in 1 mmbtu measurement if Natural Gas with a Cv of 10,000Kcal/ scm.

Answer. 1 mmbtu=0.252million Kcal = 0.252X1000000/10,000 = 25.2 scm Question-6. If cv of gas comes down to 8500 Kcl than what would be the volume/mmbtu of gas Answer: 29.64 scm

Question-7 : How many cubic feet of gas will be contained in one cubic meter of gas at

same temperature and pressure?


Answer: 35 ft 3 approx.

Question-8; If CV of Regasified Natural gas is 9000 Kcal/SCM, what would be the price of gas ex
LNG terminal in Rupees/SCM if the LNG cost is $9.5/mmbtu and Regasification cost is$0.5/mmbtu ? Answer: Rs 17.86/scm

Question -9: If 20 Kg of Cow dung gives one m3 of gas, the removal of undesirable components like CO2, Water Vapour, H2S reduces this volume by40%. After removal of impurities from raw bio gas its CV becomes = 8000 kcal/SM3. The input costs for Bio Gas Plant are: Cow Dung rate Rs 500/Tn, Plant Cost Rs. 1.0 Cr, Operation and Maintenance Expenses of Rs.2.0 Lac/month.(assume 1.0 Lac /month recovery towards Capex and interest with zero written down value of the project at the end of life) The returns from the plant are: Gas sale price = $8/mmbtu, Compost manures sale price = Rs. 5/Kg (assume a recovery of manure from cow dung @ 80% of the input) Work out the Profitability of 10 Tn/day Bio gas plant Answer. The Expenses per month arei. Cow dung purchase = Rs. 10 X 500 x30 = 1,50,000.00 ii. iii. Opex Capex recovery = Rs. 2,00,000.00 = Rs. 1,00,000.00 = Rs.4, 50,000.00

Total Cost

The earning per month are: i. Gas sale =10000X30X0.6/20 M3/month = 9000 scm/month Since 25.2 scm of gas with CV of 10,000 Kcal amount to 1mmbtu of energy and this bio gas of 8000 Kcal will have a volume of = 25.2x10,000/8,000 = 31.50scm of gas. Which will have a value of $8 (=Rs. 400). Therefore, one scm of bio gas will fetch Rs= 400/31.50, = Rs 12,70/ scm Therefore a volume of 300 scm will fetch=3810/day And the monthly income would be Rs. 1,14,300.00 ii. Manure sale @Rs5/ Kg

Per day recovery of manure = 10,000x0.8 Kg = 8,000Kg This will fetch Rs.8000x5= 40,000 /day And monthly recovery = Rs.40,000x30 = Rs 12,00,000 Therefore monthly net income= Rs 1,14,300 + 12,00,000 4.50,000 = Rs 8,64,430

Question-10: If an institution has a consumption of electric power of 5MW/day what would be the natural gas requirement for this power generation if modern day heat rate is 1600kcal.and natural gas CV is 9000Kcl/scm

Answe r: 21,330 Standard Cubic meter

Question -11. Gas price at PLL Dahej is $10/mmbtu, regas charge @ $0.50/mmbtu, transportation
charges of HVJ new pipeline is Rs. 60/mmbtu up to Dadri and Rs.25/mmbtu from Dadri to Dehradun . Calculate the: (i).Cost of natural gas at Dehradun without taxes and duties in Rs./mmbtu (assume 1$=Rs. 50)

(ii). How much is the transportation cost to consumers in Dehradun with a service tax of 12%? (iii). If a sales tax of 2% is charges on gas cost including Regasification Charge and 12% service tax is charged on transportation , what is the revenue earned by the Government. Answer: (i) Cost of gas at Dehradun=$( 10+0.50)+Rs.(60+25) /mmbtu = Rs. 610/mmbtu (ii).Transportation cost to consumers at Dehradun= = Rs 95.2/mmbtu

(iii). Sales tax revenue = Rs.21.92/mmbtu Question-12:. PDPU wants to establish one Bio Gas based power plant of 5 Megawatts Capacity. If the heat rate is 16,00 Kcal/KWH, compute the gas requirement on daily basis in cubic meters, if calorific value of Bio Gas is 4500 Kcal/cubic meter and 20 Kg cow dung is required to produce one cubic meter of gas,find the capacity of the Bio gas Plant interms of Cow dung handling. Answer: Quantity of cow dung required = 853.32 TPD

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