Tahir Javed Butt

Mr. Tahir Javed Butt

Energy Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 September 2023 in Sustainability
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SRSyed Farhan Raza Syed Farhan Raza
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Fahid RiazFahid Riaz
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Shafiq AhmadShafiq Ahmad
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MAMali Abdollahian
Mali Abdollahian
In the strive for an environmentally conscious energy sector, a sustainable supply of natural gas necessitates comprehensive strategies that prioritise the prevention of gas leakages, ensuring minimal ecological harm while harnessing the benefits of this valuable resource. Though all sectors are putting their efforts into coping with the problems associated with the energy crisis, one of the many ways is to reduce distribution losses, particularly in the gas sector. The loss impacts include methane escaping to the environment to affect ozone, direct financial loss, non-availability of gas to the domestic, commercial, and industrial sectors, public safety hazards and indirect environmental impacts. There is a dire need to improve the natural gas distribution system, which has its own insight problems to be addressed. This work aims to investigate leakages in domestic, commercial and industrial gas distribution lines with different times, volumes and pressures using a pressure profiling technique. As a result of this investigation, around 293 million cubic feet (MMCF) of natural gas is saved, which is enough volume to feed approximately 16,000 domestic consumers for 365 days. The same energy content is equivalent to 21 million pounds of coal, which emits 64 million pounds of carbon dioxide, whereas natural gas would have 50% less CO2 emissions, and that is apart from the tangible pollution and waste associated with the use of coal.