Natural Gas Metering Course

Analysis and Volumetric Measurement

Syllabus
Basic gas concepts:
o Gas laws, Gas Thermodynamics, concepts of compressibility, etc.
Basic gas flow and gas quality principles:
o Flow measurement basics
o Introduction to flow measurement technology
Basic of Metering
o Introduction to fiscal metering systems, definitions
o Gas flow meters selection
o Measurement uncertainty definitions and methods.
o Measurement standards
o Check metering
o Introduction to functionality and operation of gas chromatographs.
Measurement standards
o Introduction
o AGA Standard for Natural Gas Metering
Concepts of AGA No.8 for compressibility factor calculation
o Gross Method
o Detailed Method
o Sensitivity Analysis
o Case study
Concepts of AGA No.3 for Orifice metering
o Basics of Flow measurement using Orifice (history, application, etc.)
o Orifice Calculation
o Uncertainty of flow measurement using orifice
Flow measurement using Ultrasonic meters
o Basic
o Introduction to AGA No.10
Introduction to Software, Websites and Programs, etc.

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