00:00:02.139 the gas connect Austria compressor 00:00:04.69000:00:04.700 station in Baumgarten 00:00:07.83000:00:07.840 before Russian natural gas reaches 00:00:10.48000:00:10.490 Austria it travels a distance of more 00:00:12.87900:00:12.889 than 4000 kilometers over a period of 00:00:15.43000:00:15.440 about 1 week transport takes place at a 00:00:18.91000:00:18.920 depth of 1.5 meters in underground 00:00:21.67000:00:21.680 pipelines made of steel this enables 00:00:24.97000:00:24.980 natural gas to be transported silently 00:00:27.84900:00:27.859 invisibly and independent of weather 00:00:30.70000:00:30.710 conditions pipelines servicing natural 00:00:36.72900:00:36.739 gas pipelines are inspected serviced and 00:00:39.46000:00:39.470 cleaned regularly so-called pig traps 00:00:44.25900:00:44.269 are installed at the beginning and end 00:00:46.53900:00:46.549 of each pipeline section these are used 00:00:49.47900:00:49.489 to insert cleaning and intelligent pigs 00:00:52.11900:00:52.129 into the pipeline which are then sent 00:00:54.82000:00:54.830 along the pipeline with a flow of gas 00:00:57.31000:00:57.320 before being extracted again then you 00:01:00.52000:01:00.530 carried along a 70 kilometer long 00:01:02.95000:01:02.960 section of pipeline by the flow of gas 00:01:05.42900:01:05.439 at a speed of 3 meters per second 00:01:14.19000:01:14.200 cleaning the incoming natural gas is 00:01:17.11000:01:17.120 first subjected to a purification 00:01:19.15000:01:19.160 process in a filter separator where the 00:01:21.85000:01:21.860 gas is freed from any solid and fluid 00:01:24.16000:01:24.170 impurities 00:01:32.12000:01:32.130 natural gas is directed through candle 00:01:34.16000:01:34.170 filters particles remain behind on the 00:01:37.10000:01:37.110 cellulose coating of the cartridges the 00:01:40.27900:01:40.289 natural gas is then routed over baffle 00:01:42.59000:01:42.600 plates any particles of fluid bounds off 00:01:45.67900:01:45.689 the baffle blades and then collect below 00:01:47.95900:01:47.969 in reservoirs where they are 00:01:49.49000:01:49.500 automatically drained off all particles 00:01:52.76000:01:52.770 larger than 15 micrometers are removed 00:01:55.78900:01:55.799 during the filter process 15 micrometers 00:02:00.77000:02:00.780 is about the size of a dust particle in 00:02:04.17900:02:04.189 comparison a hare is many times larger 00:02:13.84000:02:13.850 quantity measuring the exact quantity of 00:02:16.85000:02:16.860 natural gas is constantly an 00:02:19.07000:02:19.080 automatically determined in the metering 00:02:21.17000:02:21.180 station the measurement data is recorded 00:02:25.04000:02:25.050 locally and transmitted to the 00:02:27.20000:02:27.210 dispatching Center in Vienna where the 00:02:29.60000:02:29.610 gas flows are controlled the flow rate 00:02:32.69000:02:32.700 in a pipeline is measured with the aid 00:02:34.52000:02:34.530 of an orifice plate and calculated 00:02:37.07000:02:37.080 according to the difference in pressure 00:02:38.57000:02:38.580 between each side of the plate 00:02:45.97000:02:45.980 compression natural gas needs to be 00:02:48.77000:02:48.780 compressed for transport in other words 00:02:51.14000:02:51.150 the pressure must be increased in the 00:02:56.12000:02:56.130 compressor station modified aircraft 00:02:58.43000:02:58.440 turbines produce the energy necessary to 00:03:01.69900:03:01.709 drive the compressors which compress the 00:03:03.89000:03:03.900 natural gas to 70 bar as a comparison 00:03:08.81000:03:08.820 the 70 bar of pressure produced here is 00:03:11.54000:03:11.550 equal to the pressure you would find at 00:03:13.94000:03:13.950 a water depth of 700 meters 00:03:23.89000:03:23.900 cooling the gas heats up while being 00:03:27.08000:03:27.090 compressed therefore after compression 00:03:30.22900:03:30.239 it must be cooled down in gas coolers 00:03:32.78000:03:32.790 before the forwarding stage 00:03:36.05900:03:36.069 a ventilator blows cool air over the 00:03:40.53000:03:40.540 pipelines which are covered with fins 00:03:44.30000:03:44.310 here the gas is cooled from temperatures 00:03:47.06900:03:47.079 of up to 55 degrees Celsius down to 00:03:50.09900:03:50.109 roughly 30 degrees Celsius drying water 00:03:58.74000:03:58.750 vapor is removed from the gas in drying 00:04:01.44000:04:01.450 columns this is done using the glycol 00:04:04.83000:04:04.840 dehydration process glycol is a highly 00:04:07.80000:04:07.810 moisture absorbent liquid which is 00:04:09.75000:04:09.760 colorless and smells sweet once returned 00:04:15.86900:04:15.879 to its initial state the glycol can be 00:04:18.68900:04:18.699 reused for future drying processes in 00:04:21.74900:04:21.759 the counter current natural gas and 00:04:24.36000:04:24.370 glycol passed through a pressure 00:04:25.98000:04:25.990 container with several bubble cap trays 00:04:28.73000:04:28.740 here the glycol absorbs the water vapor 00:04:31.71000:04:31.720 in a natural gas distribution the 00:04:39.02900:04:39.039 natural gas is now delivered by a gas 00:04:41.90900:04:41.919 connect Austria's 2,000 kilometer 00:04:44.24900:04:44.259 pipeline network to Austria's various 00:04:46.46900:04:46.479 states and its neighboring countries 00:04:50.02900:04:50.039 this makes gas connect Austria an 00:04:52.74000:04:52.750 important contributor to the European 00:04:55.29000:04:55.300 energy supply every day
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