Crowley County Combined Library

The State of Colorado has identified the use of cleaner transportation fuels as a priority to promote energy security, environmental stewardship, job creation, and low consumer costs. As part of that effort, the State has specifically identified natural gas as a viable, low-cost alternative to gasoline and diesel. The nation's energy future is improved with the use of natural gas because it is more affordable, better for the environment, and reduces...

Visual and concentration measurements were made for a large number of continuous ground-level releases of heavy gases into a wind-tunnel boundary layer. These different plumes were not affected by any topographic or building wake influences. The experiments provided a broad coverage of the variable range of source gas specific gravity, source gas flow rate, and approach flow wind speed.