Engr. Bemboy Subosa, Engr. Paul Jake Nalzaro, Ms. Thea Baltazar

Abstract

This technical report on the power and non-power applications of natural gas presents findings on four major aspects: an inventory of existing power applications, and technical discussions on the power, industrial, and transport applications of natural gas.

Our technical research on power applications reviews insights from literature on evaluating the technical and environmental performance of gas-fired power plants. We also summarize process recommendations that could increase efficiency and reduce emissions. Our technical research on industrial applications describes technologies for storage, regasification, and distribution activities in the global LNG value chain. We also present recommendations from literature on coal-to-gas retrofits for industrial boilers. For our technical research on the transport applications, we collected data and estimated costs in order to compute economic measures of performance of a natural gas vehicle project. Our report also reviews literature on the emissions of CNG and diesel buses and their potential environmental impacts.