City Gas Distribution
1.1 Course Number: PE451
1.2 Contact Hours: 2-0-0 Credits:6
1.3 Semester-offered: 4th Year-Odd
1.4 Prerequisite: Pipeline Engineering
1.5 Syllabus Committee Member: Dr. Tushar Sharma, Dr. Siddhant Kumar Prasad
2. Objective: To provide a fundamental understanding of the technical and business aspect
of the City Gas Distribution network. To provide a fundamental understanding of the
technical and business aspect of the City Gas distribution network. To make students
confident to implement the knowledge of City Gas Distribution in industry.
3. Course Content:
Unit-wise distribution of content and number of lectures
Unit Topics Sub-topic Lectures
Properties of Natural Gas; Update on Gas Discoveries;
Demand – Supply Gap; History of GCD in India; LNG, LPG,
and CGD business.
Gas Value Chain: Gas Transmission and Distribution
Introduction of System; City Gate Station (CGS); Gas Filtration and
1 Natural Gas and Pressure reduction skids; Odorizing unit; Common pressure 10
its Value Chain reduction station (CPRS)/District Regulation Station (DRS);
Metering system; Pipeline for CGD network; Steel and PE
Pipelines; CNG infrastructure: Mother Station, Online
Station, Daughter Station, Daughter Booster Station;
SCADA System
Market Demand, Type of pipelines used- carbon steel,
City gas
MDPE and GI and Copper; procedure of carbon steel and
2 pipelines and 7
MDPE pipe laying, city gas metering- gas meters, gas
metering
chromatograph, pressure and temperature transmitter.
Hazards, built-in design, operation preparedness,
Operation and emergency preparedness- emergency response and
3 5
maintenance disaster management plan, customer related operations,
liasoning.
Statutory rules and safety codes, behavioral safety,
infrastructure safety, Process safety, Environmental safety,
4 Safety at CGD 6
overall safety areas, Safety compliance, Safety kits and
equipment, PPE.
Total 28
4. Readings
4.1 Textbook:
1. Natural Gas- A Basic Handbook, James Speight, Gulf Professional Publishing
2. Handbook of Liquefied Natural Gas; S. Mokhatab, J. Mak, J Valappil, David
A.Wood; Gulf
4.2 Reference books:
3. Professional Publishing Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing,
S. Mokhatab, W. Poe, J. Speight; Gulf Professional Publishing
5 Outcome of the Course:
• Summarize City Gas Distribution value chain and Natural Gas system.
• Acquaint and adapt the roles, functions and objectives of PNGRB
• Explain Piped Natural Gas (PNG) distribution system.
• Classify the types of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations and explain the CNG
infrastructure.
• Practice the HSE measures for safety of CGD sector.
• Assess the steps to be taken in financing the CGD measures.