Water vapour monitoring in natural gas in the presence of methanol

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-15

  Lokken T V ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calcium carbide; Capacitor sensor; Electrolytic cell; Fibre optic sensor; Quartz crystal microbalance; Water dew point

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR SENSORS; FIBRE-OPTIC SENSOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; MATRIX GAS; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; MOISTURE MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL STRATEGIES; WATER DEW POINT; WATER VAPOUR;

ACETYLENE; CALCIUM CARBIDE; CAPACITORS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; EXPERIMENTS; HYGROMETERS; METHANOL; MOISTURE METERS; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES; VAPORS;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

EID: 84860540292     PISSN: 18755100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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