| Title | Geothermal Heating of Gas Pressure Reduction Station |
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| Authors | Toth, Aniko; Bobok, Elemer |
| Year | 2008 |
| Conference | Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
| Keywords | Pressure Regulation Valve; Joule-Thompson Effect; Pre-Heater; Heat Pump; Borehole Heat Exchanger |
| Abstract | Pressure reduction is necessary between high pressure natural gas transporting pipelines and low pressure distributing networks. Pressure reduction requires the pre-heating of the gas to compensate the Joule-Thomson effect. Gas fired boilers will be replaced by geothermal heat pumps at more than 400 Hungarian pressure reduction stations. The necessary thermal power and the required temperatures of the system are determined. |