Join David VanLaar, Lead Engineer, IMW Industries for an Overview of Industrial CNG Applications Beyond the Pipeline.
- Power Generation, IPPs & Mining Operations
total conversions and peak capacity augmentation
- Industrial Heat & Burners
- Pipeline Turbine Power
- Cost savings
- Emission reductions
Virtual Pipelines 101: Delivering Cost-Effective Natural Beyond the Pipeline – New Innovations in Bulk Natural Gas Delivery
1. Virtual Pipelines: Delivering Cost-Effective
Natural Gas to Your Remote Facility
Your Speaker:
David VanLaar
Engineering Manager
IMW Industries
Your Host:
Sam Goldenberg
Director of Sales, MEA, APAC
IMW Industries
2. About IMW
IMW has been manufacturing industrial machinery since 1912, and has evolved to be a leading
manufacturer of natural gas compression systems, serving all major markets Globally. Equipment
is currently operating mid-east to North of the Arctic Circle.
• Quality Products & Leader in CNG Compression
• Non-Lubricated Compression for Clean CNG
A variety of configurations for all applications
3. A Clean Energy Company
IMW operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE).
Clean Energy is the largest provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America and a
global leader in the expanding natural gas vehicle market.
Clean Energy has operations in CNG and LNG vehicle fueling, construction and operation of
CNG and LNG fueling stations, biomethane production, and compressor technology.
5. Compressed natural gas (CNG):
composed of approximately 95 percent methane
normally stored at 3,600 psi (250 bar) in specially
designed containers
stays in a gaseous form
typically compressed from a transmission or distribution
pipeline
30% lower cost than other fuels
30-40% fewer greenhouse gases during
combustion than other fuels
Overview of Natural Gas and CNG
8. CNG for Industrial Gas – Why?
Safer
non-toxic, lighter-than-air and disperses
quickly
higher ignition temperature than gasoline and
diesel fuel
narrow flammability range and will only burn
when the ratio is between 5~15% mixed with
air
CNG/NGV systems and storage vessels are
built to the highest standards and have long
and enviable safety records worldwide
13. Typically transmission lines (300 psi / 20 bar – 1000
psi / 70 bar)
Higher pressure means less compression is required
– less energy consumption
Location of mother station is often flexible
Require gas with low water content or use gas dryer
Require natural gas with >90% methane
Pipeline – Gas Source
14. Multiple compressors (500 to 3000 hp is typical)
Non-lube technology is important to ensure trailers
don’t fill up with oil
Electric or engine drive
Typical station equipment:
Compressors
Chillers
Fill Posts
Compression – ‘Mother’ Station
15. FullFill Technology ensures that every
bulk gas shipment is completed quickly
and filled as completely as possible.
IMW systems ensure that transport
modules are filled at the optimum
temperature and gas density through:
Integration of proprietary compression
technology and comprehensive
dispensing architecture
PLC controlled continuous thermal
management
Compression – ‘Mother’ Station
16. Transportation is most significant cost driver of industrial gas
products
Trailers are made up of small or large cylinders in 4 types:
Type 1 – 100% steel (heaviest, smallest payload, $)
Type 2 – hoop wrapped steel
Type 3 – hoop wrapped aluminum
Type 4 – fully composite (lightest, largest payload, $$$)
Some vendors:
Transportation
17. Typical equipment:
Decanting Posts
Pressure Reducing Modules
Heating Control Modules
Decompression – ‘Daughter’ Station
18. Decanting Posts:
Hoses – usually multiple 1” hoses
without breakaways
Emergency shut off valves (manual
and automatic)
Temperature and pressure
measurement
Low temperature construction
Over pressure protection
Decompression – ‘Daughter’ Station
19. Pressure Reducing Module:
Emergency Shut Off valves
Heat exchanger modules to
heat gas
2 stages of pressure
regulation
Overpressure protection after
both stages of pressure
regulation
Optional metering
Decompression – ‘Daughter’ Station
20. Heating Control Module:
Provides heat for PRM heat
exchangers
Includes pumps and water
control valves
Includes PLC and electrical
cabinet
Decompression – ‘Daughter’ Station
21. Other Developments:
All in one PRS units for
International Customer
Mobile PRS for portable
applications
Large custom units for
specific applications
Decompression – ‘Daughter’ Station
22. Maximum Offload Capacity
ensures that only a minimal
amount of gas is left on the trailer
before it is disconnected. This is
achieved by:
Using two line unloading
methodologies where possible
Designing systems for minimal
pressure drop
Employing scavenging
compression where necessary
to remove remaining gas
Decompression – ‘Daughter’ Station
23. Proven Scalability to provide
standard product to custom
applications with current
systems installed with capacity
of up to 14,000 Nm3/h.
Provides redundancy,
reliability and quality.
Can easily add more units if
demand increases, or
remove equipment and move
to several smaller sites once
gas pipeline arrives
Decompression – ‘Daughter’ Station
27. Mexico
Type 4 trailers, ~160 km round trip
Provided fuel for beer factory
Flow capacity: 16,000 Sm3/h
28. Australia
Type 3 trailers, ~600 km
round trip
Provides fuel for 100MW
power plant
Flow capacity: 13,000
Nm3/h
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30. Upcoming Webinars
www.imw.ca/cng-webinars/
• Free Monthly Webinars
• Documented CPD Credits
Feb 26 | Virtual Pipeline 201 – Applications, Cases & Illustrations
Overview of several field-proven projects in IPP Power & Heat for A
Variety of Remote Industrial and Mining Projects
• project cases from United States, Mexico, Australia and Singapore
• preliminary project feasibility calculations
David VanLaar
Engineering Manager
IMW Industries
Upcoming Topics for 2015 – Dates TBA
• Trailers & Cylinders
• Clean Energy’s Natural Gas Highway
• Transit
• & More