Natural Gas Booster Compressor

[steveski]

We are working on a project in which the medium-pressure gas piping was sized for 2 psig, but the available pressure is 1 psig. We are currently sizing the pipe for 1 psig, which will require tearing out and replacing a significant amount of pipe.

Do you know if it is legal and feasible to install a small booster compressor to boost the pressure from 1 psig to 2 psig? If yes can you suggest a make/model?

The meter has 10 psig at its inlet, but the utility will only allow 1 psig at the outlet.

The total demand is around 5,000 cfh.

Thank you

 

[AbbyNormal]

run a second line

Take the "V" out of HVAC and you are left with a HAC(k) job.

 

[steveski]

I found a gas booster which looks promising:

http://www.secomak.com/gas_boosters.asp

Have any of you had experience with something like this?

 

[walkes]

our utility usually allows us to go to a higher pressure if it is warranted. Such as a manufactured piece of equipment that requires a certain inlet pressure that cannot be attained if the pressure from the meter is only 1 psig. Will your utility company do the same?

 

[MintJulep]

You could always try telling the gas co. that you will back-charge them for the piping change.

Or that if they don't let you have your 2 psi that you will need to fire the thing with propane, bought from someone else.

 

[DrRTU]

We have seen and used this brand.

http://www.eclipsenet.com/products/products.aspx?pid=261878

 

[stanlsimon]

You may be talking to a low level person at the utility company who is following general protocol. Maybe you can get around this person to someone with more flexibility.

As a carrot mention that you want to consume a large amount of gas (like billions of btu's). That should get you to an industrial client representative.

Sometimes Gas companies have low pressure mains in the particular district you are dealing in. In that case 1 psi may be all the pressure available. A more typical street pressure is 60 psi.

 

[ChrisConley]

Actually it looks like you've got 10 psi at the meter, which means that you have a regulator dropping the pressure to 1 psi.

Should be easy to adjust the reg pressure up to 2 psi.