Abstract
This article studies the issues of metrological maintenance of measuring instruments: gas calorimeters and Wobbe index analyzers. The purpose of this research lies in developing reference materials (RMs) of gases with the certified value of inferior calorific value, which is traceable to a state primary standard. The initial set of pure candidate gases (hydrogen, methane, ethane, and propane) and the target uncertainty of inferior calorific value (0.3%) were selected based on the results of analyzing the metrological characteristics of calorimetric equipment. The certified value of inferior calorific value is traceable to the State Primary Standard of the Energy Units of Combustion, Specific Energy of Combustion and Volumetric Energy of Combustion GET 16. The certified value for the selected gases and its uncertainty were evaluated by applying standard calorimeters-comparators for combusting the high and low-calorie gases USVG and USNG from GET 16. The results obtained during experimental studies and characterization of reference materials confirmed the declared accuracy values. Further studies should focus on developing reference materials of gas mixture-imitators for natural, associated, and other gases, as well as including the Wobbe index in the list of certified characteristics.
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GET 16-2018 State primary standard of units combustion energy, specific combustion energy and volumetric combustion energy. In: Federal Information Fund for Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements. https://fgis.gost.ru/fundmetrology/registry/12/items/397905 (In Russ.).
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D. I. Mendeleyev Institute for Metrology (VNIIM). https://www.vniim.ru/etalon.html (In Russ.).
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GSO 11,662–2020/GSO 11,665–2020 Standard Sample of the Lowest Volumetric Energy of Combustion of Gases (collection of NOES VNIIM—D.I. Mendeleyev All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Metrology). In: Federal Information Fund for Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements. https://fgis.gost.ru/fundmetrology/registry/6/items/1384812 (In Russ.).
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TU 2114–016-78,538,315–2008 Highly Pure Hydrogen / NPK Nauka LLC. https://nauca.ru/content/hydrogen/HydrogenSpecification2114-016-78538315-2008.pdf (In Russ.).
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GOST R 51,673–2000 Gaseous Pure Hydrogen. Technical Specifications. Gosstandart Rossii, Moscow, 2000. (In Russ.).
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TU 51–841-87 Gaseous Methane / JSC Scientific Research and Design Institute of Urea and Organic Synthesis Products. http://www.1bm.ru/techdocs/kgs/tu/42/info/1351 (In Russ.).
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TU 6–09-2454–85 Isobutane for Chromatography and Spectroscopy of Chemically Pure Grade. https://www.standards.ru/document/3236550.aspx (In Russ.).
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TU 51–882-90 Liquefied Propane. https://www.standards.ru/document/3236550.aspx (In Russ.).
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GSSSD—Gosudarstvennaya sluzhba standartnykh spravochnykh dannykh o fizicheskikh konstantakh i svoystvakh veshchestv i materialov [State Service for Standard Reference Data on the Physical Constants and Properties of Substances and Materials].
Abbreviations
- GET 16:
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State Primary Standard of Units of Combustion Energy, Specific Energy of Combustion, and Volumetric Energy of Combustion GET 16–2018
- GET 154:
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State Primary Standard of Units of Molar Fraction, Mass Fraction, and Mass Concentration of Components in Gas and Gas Condensate Media GET 154–2019
- RMs:
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Reference Materials
- MI:
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Measuring Instrument
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The authors are grateful to the staff of the Laboratory of Research in the Field of Gas Analytical Measurements of the D. I. Mendeleev Institute for Metrology (VNIIM), especially to Anna Kolobova and Natalya Uvarova, for their expertise and assistance in preparing the documentation during the approval of the reference material.
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The article was prepared on the basis of a report presented at the IV International Scientific Conference “Reference Materials in Measurement and Technology” (St. Petersburg, December 1–3, 2020). The article was admitted for publication after the abstract was revised, the article was formalized and the review procedure was carried out.
The version in the Russian language is published in the journal “Measurement Standards. Reference Materials” 2021;17(2):19–32. https://doi.org/10.20915/2687-0886-2021-17-2-3519-32.
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Mishina, K.A., Korchagina, E.N., Kazartsev, I.V. (2022). Metrological Maintenance of Gas Calorimeters and Wobbe Index Analyzers. In: Medvedevskikh, S.V., Sobina, E.P., Kremleva, O.N., Okrepilov, M.V. (eds) Reference Materials in Measurement and Technology . RMMT 2020. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06285-8_10
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