Liquid Natural Gas in the United States

Autorentext
John Hrastar retired from NASA after almost 40 years in engineering and management; he is now an independent aerospace consultant. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Klappentext
When natural gas was first discovered in Appalachia in the 19th century, its development and growth as a fuel was rapid. Unlike oil and coal, however, gas could be moved only by pipeline, and required large containers for storage. It was not possible to cope with peak loads without adding excessive pipeline capacity. This problem was solved just before World War II when two sister gas companies developed a plant to liquefy and store natural gas as a liquid; the liquid was then regasified to deal with peak loads.

Zusammenfassung
"When natural gas was discovered in Appalachia in the 19th century, its development and growth as a fuel was rapid. A 1944 disaster in Cleveland, when an LNG tank ruptured and caused a fire with 130 fatalities, caused the industry to pause. In 1959 a shipload of LNG went from Louisiana to Britain and restarted the LNG industry"--

#	Onlineshop	Preis CHF	Versand CHF	Total CHF
1	Seller	0.00	0.00	0.00