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THE city of Cleveland, on the south shore of Lake Erie, has a population of more than 1,200,000. For domestic purposes and many industries, natural gas is supplied by the East Ohio Gas Co., the gas being brought to Cleveland through four pipe-lines from Hastings, West Virginia, about 150 miles distant. In the early part of each year, short spells of extremely cold weather are experienced, and during these spells there is a great increase in gas consumption. To meet these exceptional demands a liquefaction and storage plant has been erected possessing many interesting features. A description of the plant and a diagram of the processes involved are given in the Engineer of May 22. The natural gas is first freed from moisture, carbon dioxide and nitrogen, and then by means of refrigerators the gas is liquefied and its temperature reduced to -258° F., at which temperature it is stored in three insulated spherical tanks under a pressure of 10 lb. A tank consists of an inner sphere of stainless steel 54 ft. in diameter, and an outer sphere of mild steel 60 ft. in diameter. The intervening space is filled with cork through which dried gases are passed to absorb moisture. The total amount of liquid gas stored in the three tanks is equal to the amount of free gas which could be contained in fifty ordinary gas holders each having a capacity of 3,000,000 cub. ft.
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A Liquefaction Plant for Natural Gas. Nature 149, 635 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149635a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149635a0