Natural Gas Uses

Introduction to Natural Gas Uses

Natural gas is lighter than air and is a mixture of methane, ethane, propane and butane.  Other component found in natural gas include carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen sulphide and nitrogen. It is highly inflammable and has no odour and cannot be seen.

Natural Gas has widespread use in many of the areas. In this article we shall discuss some of the uses of natural gas that has allowed for increase in the quality of living.


Description of Uses of Natural gas


Natural gas is the cleanest burning fossil fuel as it gives off 50% of the carbon dioxide released by coal and 25% less carbon dioxide than oil for the same amount of energy produced.
 It virtually gives no sulphur dioxide and only small amount of nitrous oxides. Thus, natural gas is a environmental-friendly fuel.
 Before it is sent to the pipe lines or storage tanks it is mixed with a chemical that gives it a strong odour which is almost like that of rotten eggs. This makes it easy to detect any leakage.

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List of Uses of Natural gas


It is used as a domestic and industrial fuel.
It is used as a fuel in thermal power plants to generate electricity.
It has been a source of hydrogen in the manufacture of fertilizers.
Compressed natural gas, which is in the liquid form, is used as a fuel i n transport vehicles as being pollution free, it is a good alternative to petrol and diesel.

Advantages of using natural gas


It is a complete fuel land can be used directly for household and industrial purposes.
There is no problem of transportation as it can be supplied directly through the gas pipe lines. Vadodara  city in Gujrat is supplied natural gas through a network of pipe lines.
It has a high calorific value of about 55 KJ/g.
Natural gas is a gas that consist of methane. It  is an important sources of fuel, an important ferilizers and a greenhouse gas.