ABSTRACT
The Honolulu Gas Company gradually began increasing the BTU of its manufactured gas in the 1950's, as mainland gas utilities were switching from manufactured to natural gas. To complete the measurement data, the degree of saturation with water vapor must be determined as GASCO is permitted to sell its gas saturated at the temperature at the customer's meter. The gas chromatographic techniques and hardware available at the time, plus the twenty plus identifiable components in the ever changing gas stream, made chromatographic determination unreliable. The gas holder was scientifically calibrated into the number of lifts, sheets, and rivets of gas that were available. The mixture was measured with a gas turbine meter and sent to the transmission line for GASCO. The gas chromatographic techniques and hardware available at the time, plus the twenty plus identifiable components in the ever changing gas stream, made chromatographic determination unreliable.
