A STUDY OF LEAKAGE FROM THE UK NATURAL-GAS DISTRIBUTION-SYSTEM

被引:27
作者
MITCHELL, C [1 ]
SWEET, J [1 ]
JACKSON, T [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LANCASTER,CTR SCI STUDIES & SCI POLICY,LANCASTER LA1 4YW,ENGLAND
关键词
CO[!sub]2[!/sub] equivalent coefficients; Energy policy; Natural gas;
D O I
10.1016/0301-4215(90)90060-H
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper studies leakage from the UK natural gas distribution system. British Gas maintains that the leakage rate is around 1% of supply. This paper estimates a Low, Medium and High Case leakage rate of 1.9%, 5.3% and 10.8% respectively. The authors are confident that the leakage rate is above 1.9% and consider it more likely that the leakage rate is between the Medium and High Case. This investigation has been very cautious in that only leakage from the low pressure, medium pressure and service pipelines has been calculated. No estimates of leakage from the broader supply system have been included because of lack of verifiable information. The implications of these leakage rates for energy policy are considered. © 1990.
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页码:809 / 818
页数:10
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