DESIGN OF A TRUNK GAS PIPELINE USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
DESIGN OF A TRUNK GAS PIPELINE USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
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2008-02
Authors
UMAR, HAMISU FAROUK
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Abstract
Electrical energy supply has been a problem for a long time in Nigeria, especially in
the Northern States where alternatives like natural gas are not available. A complete
analysis on the capacity under utilization of the industries in Kano and Kaduna was
carried out and found that only 41.24% of the required power is supplied to these
locations as at September 2005. The remaining 58.76% will have to be provided by
other sources of power generation mostly by the use of generators. While this energy
crisis is taking place, a large volume of natural gas is flared in the Nigerian Niger
delta area with around 2.5 billion scf, being flared daily representing an annual
economic loss to the country of about $2.5billion. This work reports on the design of
gas pipeline extension from Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano. Trunk Gas Pipeline cost and
some aspects of Engineering Design were carried out in using Geographic
Information System (GIS). The important design parameters obtained are the volume
of gas flow rate per day Q as 2.1573 *107 ft3 /day, total pipe length was 552.024 km
while the pipe internal diameter was found to be 16.4inches. The nominal wall
thickness and stresses inside the pipeline was found to be 0.36 inches and 27963.1336
psia respectively, while the design pressure was 740 psia. The total cost of laying the
pipeline was found to be N20.08 Billion representing N16.73 Billion as plant
facilities and N3.35 Billion as working Capital. The rate of return on investment was
found to be 30% per year.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE
POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
(CHEMICAL ENGINEERING)
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA
NIGERIA
FEBRUARY, 2008
Keywords
DESIGN, TRUNK GAS PIPELINE, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM