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:: Milton, this reads very well.... I'm reading it and responding as I go through it. (Apologies for the delay; I'm traveling today and tomorrow.) While methane is the majority component in natural gas, there is oftentimes enough ethane and butane (up to 20% or so) that I think it's worth mentioning that (e.g., http://www.naturalgas.org/overview/background.asp). For those who care, it does affect the molecular weight, flow characteristics when liquefied, and also the combustion values. [More to come....] [[User:Karl D. Schubert|Karl D. Schubert]] 01:41, 23 September 2009 (UTC) | :: Milton, this reads very well.... I'm reading it and responding as I go through it. (Apologies for the delay; I'm traveling today and tomorrow.) While methane is the majority component in natural gas, there is oftentimes enough ethane and butane (up to 20% or so) that I think it's worth mentioning that (e.g., http://www.naturalgas.org/overview/background.asp). For those who care, it does affect the molecular weight, flow characteristics when liquefied, and also the combustion values. [More to come....] [[User:Karl D. Schubert|Karl D. Schubert]] 01:41, 23 September 2009 (UTC) | ||
:: ...continuing my comments.... very readable. (If I recall, petrochem is an area you worked in, too.) One other interesting fact area might be the combustibility. One of the additional safety values in LNG transportation is that it is actually only flammable (and/or explosive) in a fairly narrow range of concentration. [[User:Karl D. Schubert|Karl D. Schubert]] 02:00, 23 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 20:00, 22 September 2009
Wikipedia has an article of the same name
I essentially re-wrote the WP article by rewording, reformatting, deleting a number of sections, adding many new sections as well as new graphics and new tables. There is very little left of the WP article. Milton Beychok 21:41, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
- I also made some changes suggested by Paul Wormer when he reviewed this article while it was still in my sandbox.Milton Beychok 21:41, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
- Milton, this reads very well.... I'm reading it and responding as I go through it. (Apologies for the delay; I'm traveling today and tomorrow.) While methane is the majority component in natural gas, there is oftentimes enough ethane and butane (up to 20% or so) that I think it's worth mentioning that (e.g., http://www.naturalgas.org/overview/background.asp). For those who care, it does affect the molecular weight, flow characteristics when liquefied, and also the combustion values. [More to come....] Karl D. Schubert 01:41, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
- ...continuing my comments.... very readable. (If I recall, petrochem is an area you worked in, too.) One other interesting fact area might be the combustibility. One of the additional safety values in LNG transportation is that it is actually only flammable (and/or explosive) in a fairly narrow range of concentration. Karl D. Schubert 02:00, 23 September 2009 (UTC)