Generator Fuel Rules of Thumb [RE-wrenches]

[Ezra Auerbach, Trace Engineering]

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"R. Sparks Scott" wrote:

> At 10:07 AM 6/2/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Clearly 153 cu ft per gallon is not correct or a gallon would be 1' square
> and 154' tall  or round
>
>         Ezra;
>
>         I think you are confusing liquid volume and gas volume. Engines consume
> gas vapor. Liquid propane (and butane) are evaporated into gas before being
> introduced into an internal combustion engine. Each gallon of propane when
> evaporated into vapor yeilds 153 cubic feet of gas when allowed to expand
> to atmospheric abmient pressure. This is why propane is such an attractive
> fuel, it is very condensed power in a fairly stable and easily handled form.
>
>         -S
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