BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
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HELLO: I WAS HOPING A PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD COULD HELP WITH VERIFICATION. I DID GOOGLE AND FOUND A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION,BUT THAT FINAL VERIFICATION WOULD REALLY HELP.I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO CALCULATE BTU OF METHANE FROM PERCENT BY VOLUME OF METHANE GAS. FOR EXAMPLE: I HAVE 10% METHANE(FROM METHANE DETECTOR ON A MUD LOGGING SITE), WHAT IS THE BTU...A FORMULA AND TO WORK THIS EXAMPLE WITH AN ANSWER WILL BE SUPER HELPFUL.THANK YOU...





RE: BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
Good luck,
Latexman
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RE: BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
RE: BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
As you've probably discovered, BTU/ scf of pure methane is about 1020BTU/scf. % methane is therefore irrelevant, it's total quantity (standard volume or mass) you need. So if you have one standard cubic foot of 10% methane in air, then you have energy in BTU, if you can burn it, of about 100 BTU. Unless you know standard volume or mass you can't calculate it.
Unless you've got virtually pure methane though, this could be quite different if you've got a mixture of methane, butane, propane and other gases commonly found when coming out of the ground.
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RE: BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
RE: BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
For 100% methane, 10 x 100 = 1000 Btu/cf.
For 10% methane, 10 x 10 = 100 Btu/cf.
What are you planning to do with this gas? Pipe it somewhere and burn it? Just curious.
Good luck,
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RE: BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
RE: BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
Convert to BTU, impossible without measuring volume or mass.
Convert to BTU per scf of the air / methane mix, multiply percent by 10. Not incredibly accurate, but not far off.
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RE: BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
RE: BTU FROM PERCENT METHANE
My motto: Learn something new every day
Also: There's usually a good reason why everyone does it that way