ABB – Gulf Coast TMC

Natural Gas Analyzers – Gas Chromatograph Products

As an extension of the NGC8206, the NGC8106 introduces a new paradigm by allowing real-time measurement at lower volume stations where it was previously cost-prohibitive to put a GC!
The NGC8106 performs on-site, real-time gas analysis and heating value computation. The 8106 can be used as a total energy meter with the addition of a multivariable transmitter! The NGC8106 is a perfect replacement for automatic samples. The user will enjoy realtime data instead of monthly averages, and shipping and handling errors have been virtually eliminated.

The NGC8206 enables you to remotely analyze natural gas composition from N2 to C6+ (optional H2S separation), and format this information for output to most third-party software systems.
The unit’s integrated, 32-bit Windows® CE controller seamlessly processes all chromatograms, performs all needed calculations, and reports results in real time, for accurate and timely information on the product in process. The NGC8206 retains this as historical data, to be referred to later for custody transfer, or to verify transmitter operation performance.
The NGC8206 requires not only very little space (a mere 1.1 cubic feet) but also very little power (less than 7 watts), so it can be left continuously running.
The NGC8206 — one simple-to-operate device providing total energy measurement at every point along the natural gas supply chain, from the wellhead to the distribution market and everywhere in between.

The NGC (Natural Gas Chromatograph) performs on-site gas analysis and heating value computation where current chromatograph technology has been either impractical or unaffordable. This truly “transmitter-like” GC takes up no more room on the pipeline than most multivariable transmitters.
- New design, more compact, more reliable, more precise.
- Custody transfer/metrology quality GC for heating value and composition.
- Lower cost to purchase, install and operate
The NGC8207 analyzes each sample utilizing established chromatographic techniques. The resulting information consists of mole percent values for the following:
- “Air” (Contains N2, Ar, CO and O2 but not CO2) C1, CO2, C2, C3, IC4, NC4, NeoC5, IC5, NC5, C6’s, C7+

The NGC8209 provides precise and reliable measurement of an extensive range of natural gas values, from C6+ to C9+. This range includes hydrocarbon dew point, a complex and traditionally difficult-to-measure parameter. But this is just one of the many ways the NGC8209 defies tradition.
After installing the NGC8209, information is readily accessible for use by other programs. The unit’s single controller seamlessly processes all chromatograms, performs all needed calculations, and reports results in real time, for accurate and timely information on the product in process. Other applications—alarm processors, trending and reporting software, etc.—can access this information as needed. Like the NGC8206, the NGC8209 retains this as historical data, to be referred to later for custody transfer, or to verify transmitter operation performance.
With the NGC8209’s easy-to-use, graphical, user-interface software, designated users can directly access information with a laptop PC, or indirectly via a cell phone, satellite, radio, or phone modem.

When gas volumes are too low to justify a continuous on-line solution. When the overall cost and maintenance of gas samplers becomes too high. When your business evolves to require real-time information and avoid the accounting inefficiencies inherent with waiting for time-consuming lab analysis.
These situations and many others demand the on-site analysis capabilities of the portable NGC8206.
The portable NGC8206 provides precise, reliable, on-site measurement of natural gas samples in a compact, affordable package that is easy to operate and maintain. When the spot sample needs to be run, the unit is already powered up and stable, eliminating the wait at the meter site.

Gulf Coast TMC integrates the ABB Gas Chromatograph into a skid mounted platform consisting of an ABB C6+ or C9+ Gas Chromatograph mounted, tubed, wired and terminated in an ABB Cold Weather Enclosure.
The Cold Weather Enclosure is heated electrically via an Intertec Varitherm 400W Fin Heater or a Natural Gas Bruest Heater.
A 24Vdc UPS and Electrical Junction Box are integrated in a white powder coated enclosure and utilize a Phoenix Contact Power Supply and UPS for charging and maintaining the (2) 100AH Gel Cell Batteries.
The (5’ x 8’) aluminum skid has a uni-Bracket mounted to support the footprint of all SSI Analyzers and the UPS/J-Box enclosure.
The sample conditioning will vary with the customer’s application and gas composition, but will consist of a Genie probe mounted in a Mustang Pony Box, a Mustang P53 if the pressure cut is taken external of the CWE or a (4) stage heated regulator mounted inside of the CWE for pressure cuts made internal of the CWE.
The Skid utilizes rigid aluminum conduit to integrate the entire Measurement System. The Skid also offers an aluminum roof and (4) position bottle rack options.