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Natural gas - Energy determination (ISO/FDIS 15112:2018)
Gaz naturel - Détermination de l'énergie (ISO/FDIS 15112:2018)
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FINAL
INTERNATIONAL ISO/FDIS
DRAFT
STANDARD 15112
ISO/TC 193
Natural gas — Energy determination
Secretariat: NEN
Voting begins on: Gaz naturel — Détermination de l'énergie
2018­07­04
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Symbols and units . 6
5 General Principles. 7
6 Gas measurement . 8
6.1 General . 8
6.2 Volume measurement . 9
6.3 Calorific value measurement . 9
6.3.1 Measurement techniques and sampling . 9
6.3.2 Direct measurement — Calorimetry .10
6.3.3 Inferential measurement .10
6.3.4 Correlation techniques .10
6.3.5 Gas quality tracking .10
6.4 Volume conversion .10
6.4.1 General.10
6.4.2 Density .10
6.4.3 Pressure and temperature .11
6.4.4 Compression factor .11
6.5 Calibration .11
6.6 Data storage and transmission .12
7 Energy determination .12
7.1 Interfaces .12
7.2 Methods of energy determination .14
7.2.1 Direct determination of energy .14
7.2.2 Indirect determination of energy .14
8 Strategy and procedures .16
8.1 General .16
8.2 Strategies for energy determination .17
8.2.1 Strategies for single interfaces .18
8.3 Plausibility checks .22
9 Assignment methods .23
9.1 Fixed assignment .23
9.1.1 Fixed assignment of a measured calorific value .23
9.1.2 Fixed assignment of a declared calorific value .24
9.2 Variable assignment .25
9.2.1 Input at two or more different stations with zero floating point .25
9.2.2 Input at two or more different stations with comingled gas flows .26
9.3 Determination of the representative calorific value .27
9.3.1 Arithmetically averaged calorific value .27
9.3.2 Quantity-weighted average calorific value .27
9.3.3 Gas quality tracking .27
10 Calculation of energy quantities .30
10.1 General formulae for energy .30
10.2 Calculation of averaged values — Calculation from average calorific values and
cumulative volumes .31
10.2.1 Arithmetic average of the calorific value .31
10.2.2 Quantity-weighted average of the calorific value .32
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10.3 Volume and volume­to­mass conversions .32
10.4 Energy determination on the basis of declared calorific values .32
11 Accuracy on calculated energy .32
11.1 Accuracy .32
11.2 Calculation of uncertainty .33
11.3 Bias .34
12 Quality control and quality assurance .35
12.1 General .35
12.2 Check of the course of the measuring data .35
12.3 Traceability .36
12.4 Substitute values .36
Annex A (informative) Main instruments and energy-determination techniques .38
Annex B (informative) Different possible patterns in the change of the calorific value.42
Annex C (informative) Volume conversion and volume-to-mass conversion .45
Annex D (informative) Incremental energy determination .46
Annex E (informative) Practical examples for volume conversion and energy quantity
calculation .48
Annex F (informative) Practical examples for averaging the calorific value due to different
delivery situations .52
Annex G (informative) Ways of determining substitute values .57
Annex H (informative) Plausibility check graphical example .59
Annex I (informative) Uncorrected data, bias correction and final result graphical example.60
Annex J (informative) Single-reservoir calorific value determination .62
Annex K (informative) .64
Bibliography .70
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 193, Natural gas.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 15112:2011), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
— Figures 7 and 8 have been redrafted;
— Clause 9 has been updated;
— Annex K has been added.
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Introduction
Since the early 1 800s, it has been general practice for manufactured gas and, subsequently, natural
gas to be bought and sold on a volumetric basis. Much time and effort has therefore been devoted to
developing the means of flow measurement.
Because of the increasing value of energy and variations in gas quality, billing on the basis of thermal
energy has now become essential between contracting partners and the need to determine calorific
value by measurement or calculation has led to a number of techniques. However, the manner in which
calorific value data are applied to flow volume data to produce the energy content of a given volume of
natural gas has been far from a standardized procedure.
Energy determination is frequently a necessary factor wherever and whenever natural gas is metered,
from production and processing operations through to end­user consumption. This document has been
developed to cover aspects related to production/transmission and distribution/end user. It provides
guidance to users of how energy units for billing purposes are derived, based on either measurement or
calculation or both, to increase confidence in results for contracting partners.
Other standards relating to natural gas, flow measurement, calorific value measurement, calculation
procedures and data handling with regard to gas production, transmission and distribution involving
purchase, sales or commodity transfer of natural gas can be relevant to this document.
This document contains eleven informative annexes.
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Natural gas — Energy determination
1 Scope
This document provides the means for energy determination of natural gas by measurement or
by calculation, and describes the related techniques and measures that are necessary to take. The
calculation of thermal energy is based on the separate measurement of the quantity, either by mass
or by volume, of gas transferred and its measured or calculated calorific value. The general means of
calculating uncertainties are also given.
Only systems currently in use are described.
NOTE Use of such systems in commercial or official trade can require the approval of national authorization
agencies, and compliance with legal regulations is required.
This document applies to any gas-measuring station from domestic to very large high-pressure
transmission.
New techniques are not excluded, provided their proven performance is equivalent to, or better than,
that of those techniques referred to in this document.
Gas-measuring systems are not the subject of this document.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 6976, Natural gas — Calculation of calorific values, density, relative density and Wobbe index from
composition
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https: //www .iso .org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https: //www .electropedia .org/
3.1
accuracy of measurement
closeness of the agreement between the result of a measurement and a true value of the measurand
[SOURCE: ISO/Guide 98-3:2008, definition B.2.14]
3.2
adjustment
of bringing a measuring instrument into a state of performance suitable
for its use
Note 1 to entry: Adjustment may be automatic, semi-automatic or manual.
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3.3
assignment method
method to derive a calorific value to be applied to the gas passing specified
interfaces having only volume measurements
3.4
availability
probability, at any time, that the measuring system, or a measuring instrument forming part of the
measuring system, is functioning according to specifications
[SOURCE: EN 1776:1998]
3.5
bias
systematic difference between the true energy and the actual energy determined of the gas passing a
gas­measuring station
3.6
calibration
set of operations that establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values of quantities
indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system, or values represented by a material measure
or a reference material, and the corresponding values obtained using working standards
[SOURCE: ISO 14532:2014, definition 2.5.1.1, modified — Definition has been slightly changed and Notes
to entry have been removed.]
3.7
superior calorific value
energy released as heat by the complete combustion in air of a specified quantity of gas, in such a
way that the pressure, p , at which the reaction takes place remains constant, and all the products of
1
combustion are returned to the same specified temperature, T , as that of the reactants, all of these
1
products being in the gaseous state except for water formed by combustion, which is condensed to the
liquid state at T
1
[SOURCE: ISO 14532:2014, definition 2.6.4.1, modified — Definition has been slightly reworded and
Notes to entry have been removed.]
3.8
inferior calorific value
energy released as heat by the complete combustion in air of a specified quantity of gas, in such a
way that the pressure, p , at which the reaction takes place remains constant, and all the products of
1
combustion are returned to the same specified temperature, T , as that of the reactants, all of these
1
products being in the gaseous state
[SOURCE: ISO 14532:2014, definition 2.6.4.2, modified — Definition has been slightly reworded and
Notes to entry have been removed.]
3.9
calorific value station
installation comprising the equipment necessary for the determination of the calorific value of the
natural gas in the pipeline
3.10
adjusted calorific value
calorific value measured at a measuring station compensated for the time taken for the gas to travel to
the respective volume­measuring station
3.11
corrected calorific value
result of correcting a measurement to compensate for systematic error
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3.12
declared calorific value
calorific value that is notified in advance of its application to interfaces for the purpose of energy
determination
3.13
representative calorific value
calorific value which is accepted to sufficiently approximate the actual calorific value at an interface
3.14
charging area
set of interfaces where the same method of energy determination is used
3.15
conversion
determination of the volume under reference conditions from the volume under operating conditions
3.16
correction
value added algebraically to the uncorrected result of a measurement to compensate for systematic error
Note 1 to entry: The correction is equal to the negative of the estimated systematic error.
Note 2 to entry: Since the systematic error cannot be known perfectly, the correction cannot be complete, see
Annex I.
3.17
correction factor
numerical factor by which the uncorrected result of a measurement is multiplied to compensate for a
systematic-error object
Note 1 to entry: Since the systematic error cannot be known perfectly, the correction cannot be complete, see
Annex I.
3.18
determination
set of operations that are carried out on an object in order to provide qualitative or quantitative
information about this object
Note 1 to entry: In this document, the term “determination” is only used quantitatively.
3.19
direct measurement
measurement of a property from quantities which, in principle, define the property
Note 1 to entry: For example, the determination of the calorific value of a gas using the thermoelectric
measurement of the energy released in the form of heat during the combustion of a known amount of gas.
[SOURCE: ISO 14532:2014, definition 2.2.1.2, modified — The word “that” has been replaced by “which”
in the definition.]
3.20
energy
product of gas quantity (mass or volume) and calorific value under given conditions
Note 1 to entry: The energy may be called energy amount.
Note 2 to entry: Energy is usually expressed in units of megajoules.
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3.21
energy determination
quantitative determination of the amount of energy of a quantity of gas based either on measurement
or calculation using measured values
3.22
energy flow rate
energy of gas passing through a cross-section divided by time
Note 1 to entry: Energy flow rate is usually expressed in units of megajoules per second.
3.23
fixed assignment
application without modification of the calorific value measured at one specific calorific-value-
measuring station, or the calorific value declared in advance, to the gas passing one, or more, interfaces
3.24
gas transporter
company that conveys gas from one place to another through pipelines
3.25
gas quality tracking
determination of gas quality properties (e. g. the calorific value) at the exit points of a gas grid based on
flow calculation; the calculation requires topology data, gas quality data at entry points, volume data at
entry and exit points and grid pressures as input information
3.26
interface
place on a pipe used for the transportation or supply of gas at which there is a change of ownership or
physical custody of gas
Note 1 to entry: Generally, an interface has an associated measuring station.
3.27
local distribution company
LDC
company that delivers gas to industrial, commercial and/or residential customers
3.28
measuring station
installation comprising all the equipment, including the inlet and outlet pipework as far as the isolating
valves and structure within which the equipment is housed, used for gas measurement in custody
transfer
[SOURCE: EN 1776:1998]
3.29
measuring system
complete set of measuring instruments and auxiliary equipment assembled to carry out specified
measurements
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007, definition 3.2, modified — Definition has been slightly reworded.]
3.30
measuring instrument
device intended to be used for making measurements, alone or in conjunction with one or more
supplementary devices
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007, definition 3.1, modified — Definition has been slightly reworded.]
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3.31
plausibility
property of a value to be within reasonable limits
3.32
producer
company that extracts raw natural gas from reservoirs which, after processing and (fiscal)
measurement, is supplied as dry natural gas to the transportation system
3.33
regional distributor
company that conveys gas to local distribution companies and/or industrial, commercial or residential
customers
3.34
residential customer
person whose occupied premises are supplied with gas, wholly or in
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