Patent ID: 7134284

Claim:
A method for conditioning a natural gas fuel provided by a pipeline for use with at least one natural gas fuel powered turbine, comprising the steps of: metering the fuel received from the pipeline; controlling the pressure of the fuel received from the pipeline; removing liquids from the fuel received from the pipeline; removing aerosols and particulates from the fuel received from the pipeline; distributing the fuel that has had liquids, aerosols, or particulates removed therefrom, to at least one turbine fuel module for the at least one turbine; controlling the pressure of the fuel distributed to the at least one turbine fuel module; determining the dew point of moisture in the fuel and the dew point of hydrocarbons in the fuel distributed to the at least one turbine fuel module; heating the fuel distributed to the at least one turbine fuel module to a temperature greater than the dew point of moisture in the fuel and the dew point of hydrocarbons in the fuel; removing aerosols and particulates from the fuel distributed to the at least one turbine fuel module; and monitoring and controlling the conditioning of the natural gas fuel with a programmable logic controller.