Heat pumps: This is really the way to go. As I said above, natural gas is really a fossil gas, it’s not natural at all (even if you buy “renewable natural gas” – see myfossil gasarticle for more on that). Heat pumps have a number of advantages over natural gas furnaces: high...
Natural gas is employed to reduce coke consumption in cupola furnaces with an open or closed top. The usual approach here is combustion of the natural gas by means of burners in external chambers at the perimeter of the furnace housing. Depending on their design, the burners ensure partial or...
ALBANY, N.Y.— New York state is banning natural gas stoves and furnaces in most new buildings, a policy that's part of a national movement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.The law negotiated byGov. Kathy Hochuland her fellow Democrats in the Legislature is part of the state budg...
In much of the developed world it is supplied through pipes to homes, where it is used for many purposes including ranges and ovens, gas-heated clothes dryers, heating/cooling, and central heating. Heaters in homes and other buildings may include boilers, furnaces, and water heaters. ...
ALBANY, N.Y.— New York state is banning natural gas stoves and furnaces in most new buildings, a policy that's part of a national movement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The law negotiated byGov. Kathy Hochuland her fellow Democrats in the Legislature is part of the state b...
It was used to generate electricity, heat buildings, fuel vehicles, heat water, bake foods, power industrial furnaces, and even run air conditioners!ADVERTISEMENT Natural gas consumption by residential and commercial customers: Residential and commercial demand for natural gas is highest in the winter...
Commercially, natural gas is emerging as a fuel of choice for industrial and process heating. It offers a more efficient, cleaner burning alternative to coal for powering boilers, furnaces and kilns around the world. Steel, ceramic and other energy intensive industries...
natural gas included a single day in January that sent demand to nearly double the average daily consumption, according to the American Gas Association. That pushed the average bill for gas customers up 10 percent over the year before—mostly due to gas furnaces working overtime, the AGA said...
Gas furnaces have long been a much cheaper option than electric baseboard heating in most single-family homes. And electric heat can also mean burning fossil fuels because PSE still relies on gas and coal to produce 5...
The way U.S. cities move around natural gas may be contributing more to climate change than anyone appreciated: The pipes are leaking, and some are leaking a lot. About a third of the natural gas we consume is delivered to homes and businesses, where it fires appliances like fur...