UNIT OF VOLUME FOR NATURAL GAS AT OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS, PTB AND NMi VSL DISSEMINATE "HARMONIZED REFERENCE VALUES"

M. P. van der Beek, I. J. Landheer, B. Mickan, R. Kramer, D. Dopheide

Abstract

Since November 1999, PTB and NMi VSL have established and disseminate Harmonized Reference Values for the Unit of Volume of Natural Gas. These Reference Values for Natural Gas at operational conditions are applied, not only in the test facilities at which they originate but are installed and applied as well in other test-facilities and have a wide application in Custody Transfer Measurements. The paper describes backgrounds and procedures that have been developed and that are currently in use in Germany and The Netherlands. The prerequisites of the harmonization process, the underlying procedures, results obtained so far as well as the economic benefits for the European market will be pointed out. The "harmonization" can be considered as the first factual step towards the realization of a European unit of volume for Natural Gas at operational conditions.

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