What is a DEC volume unit??
What is a DEC volume unit??
(OP)
Hi guys,
We have received several inquiries about what a DEC is. How do you convert from DEC's to ft3 for example?
Where did this unit come from? is it e3m3 the same thing?
Thanks
We have received several inquiries about what a DEC is. How do you convert from DEC's to ft3 for example?
Where did this unit come from? is it e3m3 the same thing?
Thanks





RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
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RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
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"The problem isn't working out the equation,
its finding the answer to the real question." BigInch
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RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
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"The problem isn't working out the equation,
its finding the answer to the real question." BigInch
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RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
A therm is 100,000 BTU's (look at your home gas bill, it is usually in therms)
Deca is times 10
Decatherm is 1,000,000 BTU's
At a typical heating value of 1000 BTU's per cubic foot of natural gas, 1 Decatherm = 1,000 Cubic Feet or 1 MCF
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"The problem isn't working out the equation,
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RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
It really seems so
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RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
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RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
Sorry, BigInch, my nightscope is on the fritz ever since it took a couple of armor piercing rounds thru it...but my dowsing rods still work as good as ever!
RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
I feel left out. I don't have night vision equipment. But that doesn't mean I can't shoot in the dark!
jt
RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
I didn't know they were still using the "R"
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RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
For example, during a meeting, you don't understand a term, you keep quiet thinking that everyone else does. In fact nobody does, but they are not going to fess up either.
TLA = three letter abbreviation. The bane of the petrochem industry.
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RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
A lot of those crazy Canucks use the E3M3 terminology directly. I've heard "DEC" a few times, and always got that it was a thousand m^3. When I ask what gas composition is used to convert E3M3 (a volume) to "DEC" (an energy) I'm generally asked to mind my own business because no one knows.
It is like the Australians using "Joule" for a volume like it means something. I teach a class on this stuff and generally start with a question for the class "what units do you use for flow volume?" and the range of answers is amazing. Then I follow up with, since you can't agree I'll use MCF (if they ever do agree I'm screwed because my slides are in MCF).
Oh well, if the OP didn't get a better answer then he built a tiny little compressor for 12 MCF/d when he needed a BIG compressor station for 340 MMCF/d. Hopefully he got clarification in the contract when he said he could build $20 million worth of compression for $45k.
David
RE: What is a DEC volume unit??
oh well