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    Uglemetan is an expert organization that has conducted various studies on methane leak detection and measurement techniques in the Russian natural gas industry, including evaluating balance methods, analytical methods, and using equipment like gas chromatographs and laser methanometers to directly measure methane concentrations and emission rates at distribution units, valves, and other infrastructure. The results of Uglemetan's measurements found methane leaks at specific equipment locations like filter covers and flanged joints, and calculated the emission amounts in units of m3/hour and m3/year.

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    Uglemetan is an expert organization that has conducted various studies on methane leak detection and measurement techniques in the Russian natural gas industry, including evaluating balance methods, analytical methods, and using equipment like gas chromatographs and laser methanometers to directly measure methane concentrations and emission rates at distribution units, valves, and other infrastructure. The results of Uglemetan's measurements found methane leaks at specific equipment locations like filter covers and flanged joints, and calculated the emission amounts in units of m3/hour and m3/year.

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    Uglemetan is an expert organization that has conducted various studies on methane leak detection and measurement techniques in the Russian natural gas industry, including evaluating balance methods, analytical methods, and using equipment like gas chromatographs and laser methanometers to directly measure methane concentrations and emission rates at distribution units, valves, and other infrastructure. The results of Uglemetan's measurements found methane leaks at specific equipment locations like filter covers and flanged joints, and calculated the emission amounts in units of m3/hour and m3/year.

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    Uglemetan is an expert organization that has conducted various studies on methane leak detection and measurement techniques in the Russian natural gas industry, including evaluating balance methods, analytical methods, and using equipment like gas chromatographs and laser methanometers to directly measure methane concentrations and emission rates at distribution units, valves, and other infrastructure. The results of Uglemetan's measurements found methane leaks at specific equipment locations like filter covers and flanged joints, and calculated the emission amounts in units of m3/hour and m3/year.

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    Leak Measurement Techniques

    Oleg Tailakov
    Uglemetan
    Presentation Contents

    • Uglemetan’s expertise
    • Approaches for the CH4 Leakages

    Detection in Russia NG Industry

    • Equipment and Methods


    • Results of Measurements of
    Leakages

    2
    Uglemetan’s expertise

    • Established in 2002 under the auspices of Siberian Branch of


    Russian Academy of Sciences and US EPA
    • Executing agency of UNDP/GEF project Russian Federation:
    Removing barriers for CMM recovery and utilization
    • Since 2005 under the US EPA GAS STAR grant prepared:
    – Detailed report outlining the best options for methane
    mitigation in the Russian natural gas industry
    – Case study on the methane detection and measurement
    methods at the natural gas distribution companies in Russia
    • Key organizer of the workshop on the Modern Technologies of
    Detection and Elimination of Methane Leakages from Natural
    Gas Systems held in Tomsk (Russia) on September 14-16, 2005
    • Uglemetan’s staff members got training on methane leakages
    detection 3
    Approaches for the CH4 Leakages

    Detection in Russia NG Industry


    • Methods applied for the estimation of the methane
    emissions in NG industry in RF:
    - Balance method – for consolidated estimation of natural gas emission;
    - Analytical method – for differential estimation;
    - By types of losses – for homogeneous sectors of activities;
    - Instrumental method – periodical (scheduled).
    • Gas emission registration is carried out by calculation
    methods according to the officially approved methodology
    «Methods of determination of gas flow for own technological
    needs of gas production enterprise and losses in gas
    distribution systems».

    4
    Balance Method

    QR = QON + QTN + QESD + QDL + QS,

    QR – amount of received gas; QON – gas used for


    own needs; QTN – gas used for technological
    needs; QESD – gas lost in emergency
    shutdowns; QDL – gas lost in the distribution
    systems; QS – gas sold to consumers.

    5
    Methods applied for the controlling

    methane emission

    • Field control of emissions is carried out either


    visually (various kinds of visual inspections, including
    air inspections) or at a distance using a number of
    methods.
    • A contact method indicates methane concentration
    levels at emission sites.
    • Direct methods of monitoring of leakages along with
    detection and measurement allow specify the value
    on methane emission at gas supply facilities.

    6
    Equipment and Leakage

    Measurement Methods applied by

    Uglemetan

    Set of equipment GtiSM Hi-FloTM


    Universal leakage Sampler
    detector chromatograph
    AHT-TI

    7
    Laser methanometer with a

    multipass absorption Buger cell

    8
    Search of leakages at gas distribution

    unit and a valve accordingly

    9
    Journal and Leakage Amounts

    Registration

    Flow rate,
    # Unit Leakage location Concentration, %
    m/s

    1 BGDU Filter cover (FGV-50/1) 0.2 1

    2 BGDU – –

    3 BGDU – –

    Gas valve VD (Diameter


    4 – –
    =100)

    5 BGDU Manometer threaded joint 0.2 1.5

    Gas valve VD (Diameter


    6 Flanged joint 0.2 1.7
    =100)

    Gas valve VD (Diameter


    7 – –
    =300 & 500)

    10
    Results of Gas Leakage Amounts

    Calculations

    Leakage amount
    Flow rate,
    Unit Concentration, %
    m/s
    m3/hour m3/year

    BGDU (filter) 1 0.2 0.014


    123.8

    BGDU (manometer) 1.5 0.2 0.02


    185.8

    Gas valve VD (Diameter =100)


    1.7 0.2 0.024 210.5
    (flanged joint)

    11
    Low methane concentrations

    measurements

    12
    Conclusions

    • In RF Methane emissions are calculated as a


    difference between incoming and outgoing
    amounts of gas and also by using the emission
    factors.
    • Emissions are not usually physically measured at
    every production, processing and distribution
    facility in RF NG industry:
    - low prices at the internal market sometimes can
    make loosing gas cheaper than using emission control
    technologies
    - lack of equipment for the direct measurements of
    the methane emissions in winter time
    • Involving independent companies for the
    auditing the methane emissions might be
    efficient. 13
    Contact information

    WWW.UGLEMETAN.RU
    OLEG TAILAKOV

    [email protected]

    + 7 (3842) 281366

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