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PRINCIPLES OF ODORIZATION - ASGMT
2002 PROCEEDINGSPAGE 141 AMERICAN SCHOOL OF GAS MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGYPRINCIPLES OF ODORIZATIONS ixto Ortiz Phillips Chemical Company LP10001 Six Pines Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77380 INTRODUCTIONThe reason gas companies odorize natural gas is simple:it is a legal requirement. In 1937, the high school in NewLondon, Texas exploded, killing over 200 men, women,and mostly children. Natural gas emanating from a leakaccumulated in the school s basement and ignited whensomeone entering the area flipped on a light switch. Noone knew about the leak because un-odorized naturalgas has no odor. This disaster led federal and stateregulators to enact new regulations that requiredsuppliers to odorize natural remains one of the most important tasksperformed by the gas company. Thus, it is critical thatgas company management and employees have a clearunderstanding of the fundamentals of gas of the basic characteristics of odorantcompounds, the reasons for blending these compounds,and the potential problems that can arise is a vitalcomponent of an ODORIZATION program s success.
PAGE 142 2002 PROCEEDINGS AMERICAN SCHOOL OF GAS MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY Isopropyl Mercaptan (IPM) IPM is the …
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