A padawan question

[caprinut]

Can I use an industrial 100 ltr propane tank as an 8 bar compressed air receiver?

Bert

 

[8ob]

Can I use an industrial 100 ltr propane tank as an 8 bar compressed air receiver?

Bert

Mr Calor would say no, but who takes no for an answer

Bob

 

[Barking Mat]

Use the force @caprinut

With the blast visor down.

Yeah, why not ?

 

[brightspark]

nothing stopping you

 

[Seadog]

There is probably a test pressure stamped on the cylinder.

 

[Maker]

Propane at room temperature is 122psi so the cylinder will be good for well in excess of that.

 

[roofman]

Can I use an industrial 100 ltr propane tank as an 8 bar compressed air receiver?

Bert

Not going to advise yes or no but i have a 19KG propane bottle that i converted into a receiver on wheels complete with a gauge tapped into it for easy inflating my van tires and i have it at 120-130 PSI

 

[brightspark]

a square 1 gallon oil can can hold 50 psi before it bursts so id hardly be worried a propane tank is thicker than most factory built air tanks

 

[brightspark]

heres my secondary portable tank . also use it inline for extra cooling

 

[grim_d]

heres my secondary portable tank . also use it inline for extra cooling

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Excuse me Mr spark. I'm very disappointed this isn't painted in your obnoxious blue hammerite.

 

[Seadog]

From the UK Farming Forum

buzzer said:
The bottles are manufactured to DOT specs. Working pressure 240 psi, test pressure 480 psi, design, burst pressure 960 psi. Depending upon the ambient temperature, propane in a tank is around 110 - 130 psi. Most Single stage, home-use compressed air is generally not more than 130 psi. I have been using mine for many years with an old compressor.

 

[brightspark]

Excuse me Mr spark. I'm very disappointed this isn't painted in your obnoxious blue hammerite.

its function only and not going rusty so thats it

 

[Matchless]

The air will smell gassy for quite a while!

 

[colnerov]

The air will smell gassy for quite a while!

LPG doesn't smell, it has a stench agent added.

 

[caprinut]

You don't mean from the bog of eternal stench!!!

 

[RWD3M]

a square 1 gallon oil can can hold 50 psi before it bursts .....

Oh come, you have to tell us, how do you know!

 

[outofthefire]

Oh come, you have to tell us, how do you know!

Not the answer, but nearly 50 years ago at primary school the teacher demonstrated air pressure and vacuums by lighting a candle stuck to the lid of a gallon oil can. He put the can over it and screwed it shut, once it burnt all the oxygen the can collapsed quite spectacularly.

 

[Morrisman]

I once used an aluminium car LPG tank for an air reservoir. It was stamped on it something around 30bar max pressure if I remember right.

 

[Morrisman]

Not the answer, but nearly 50 years ago at primary school the teacher demonstrated air pressure and vacuums by lighting a candle stuck to the lid of a gallon oil can. He put the can over it and screwed it shut, once it burnt all the oxygen the can collapsed quite spectacularly.

I did that to a 50 gallon oil drum once, using a windy pump to empty it, but I left the small plug in, so nowhere for air to get back in, and it scared the poop out of me when it folded in with a bit of a bang.

That was my first job, first day, on a new ship in my early days offshore.

 

[brightspark]

Oh come, you have to tell us, how do you know!

because i blew one up to see what pressure it would go to after a few folk were banging on about using gas bottles and oldish tanks blowing up