What is LPG?

Answer 1

LPG this is the abbreviation for liquid petroleum gas currently used by some specialy adapted cars and some domestic central heating systems Answer LPG is basically propane with other molecules like butane in it. If you're making a product that contains propane, LPG won't work for you. People who use this as fuel gas don't care about the other molecules--you can cook over a propane-butane flame just as well as you can a pure-propane flame.

LPG has a massive range of uses, mainly used for cylinders across many different markets as an efficient fuel container in the agricultural, recreation, hospitality, calefaction, construction, sailing and fishing sectors. It can serve as fuel for cooking, central heating and to water heating and is a particularly cost-effective and efficient way to heat off-grid homes.

In the safety font LPG cylinders must be updated to new standards in safety and user experience, giving a huge contribution for domestic usage.

Cylinders have been developed over time and their heritage can be seen in the various generations. The first generation of cylinders were introduced between 1870-1880, to store liquid carbon dioxide for industrial gas businesses. They were long steel tubes without handles and very hard to handle. Later on, the second generation was introduced to fill up some gaps of the first one. They were also made from steel, but handle, shorter but wider and the shape has been refined. This generation of cylinder is the most populous and known as the "traditional" cylinder. Third generation cylinders improved upon type II, using plastic for coating the metal exterior allowing the exterior to be customised. However, these cylinders continue to have the same drawbacks as Generation I and II.

Generation IV cylinders are the latest on the market. They were developed with aerospace technology and represent a real advance in technology, that otherwise has effectively remained unchanged over 75 years.

Indeed, there are a lot of issues associated with the steel LPG cylinders. They are heavy to handle, corrosive, difficult to maintain with a high logistic cost, dirty and easily damaged, explosive and affect by the weather conditions. These issues can be sorted by the composite ones, which represent the new generation of cylinders. Back-to-front the first ones, the latter ones have unique qualities: they are light in weight, no corrosive, 100% environment friendly, easy to handle, translucent, no explosive, aesthetically appealing and with a low maintenance and logistical cost.

There are a couple of companies which have started to work on LPG composite cylinders, including Aburi Composites, London based, Hexagon, In Norway and Hyundai in Asia. Also in India there are new factories.