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Pipeline Shutdown / Startup Timing

Pipeline operations · Line-pack decay & repressurization · Real-gas line-pack / AGA-8

Gas Line-Pack Decay & Repressurization
Line-pack inventory between MAOP and a minimum delivery pressure, the drawdown time supplying demand during a supply outage, and the repressurization time to restore MAOP. Per real-gas line-pack / AGA Report No. 8.

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Gas & Rates

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Engineering Basis

  • Line pack Vstd = Vpipe·(Ppsia/14.696)·(519.67/TR)·(1/Z) — shut-in uniform pressure.
  • Deliverable = pack(MAOP) − pack(Pmin).
  • Decay time = deliverable / outage demand; repressurization = deliverable / net inflow.
  • Standards: Real-gas line-pack (first principles); Z per AGA Report No. 8.