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Real-Time Gas Quality Measurement for Gas Engines<\/h4>\n

When Stadtwerke Kiel commissioned a new coastal power plant in 2020, they needed real-time methane number data to protect and optimise 20 Jenbacher gas engines producing 190 MW of electrical output.<\/p>\n

A gasQS\u2122 flonic installed at the gas transfer station delivers a new measurement every 30 seconds - enabling continuous ignition timing adjustment and demonstrating that gas composition fluctuations in European grids are far from theoretical.<\/p>\n

In this article, published in International Power Engineer (May 2023), Mems AG product manager Florian Krischker describes how real-time methane number determination not only protects engines from knock damage but delivers measurable efficiency gains - with the investment in measurement technology recovered in under a week.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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