Not exact matches
That's not bad, but it's still well short
of the target
volume - to -
volume ratio, or v / v,
of 263 set by the U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE), an amount
equivalent to compressing natural
gas to 250 bar at 25 °C.
I have made simple calculations with a water vapour content
of 1 % and find that liquid water has less
volume than the
equivalent number
of H2O molecules in
gas form.
Btu per cubic foot: The total heating value, expressed in Btu, produced by the combustion, at constant pressure,
of the amount
of the
gas that would occupy a
volume of 1 cubic foot at a temperature
of 60 degrees F if saturated with water vapor and under a pressure
equivalent to that
of 30 inches
of mercury at 32 degrees F and under standard gravitational force (980.665 cm.
Exchange, natural
gas: A type
of energy exchange in which one company agrees to deliver
gas, either directly or through intermediaries, to another company at one location or in one time period in exchange for the delivery by the second company to the first company
of an
equivalent volume or heat content at a different location or time period.
Exchange agreement: A contractual agreement in which quantities
of crude oil, petroleum products, natural
gas, or electricity are delivered, either directly or through intermediaries, from one company to another company, in exchange for the delivery by the second company to the first company
of an
equivalent volume or heat content.
You can not make simplistic claims such as this without fully understanding what you claim — you have failed to allow for the mass
of the
gases per
equivalent volumes!