As pressure reaches 0.6 MPa, the boiling point is raised to 260C.

If the ambient temperature is

200C but pressure of 0.6 MPa, Butane has to be in liquid form. If ambient temperature reaches
350C, then the pressure inside the cylinder will become 0.8 MPa with liquid and gas at
equilibrium.

At typical draw rates of the gas in cooking stoves—0.03–0.05 g/s (108–180 g/h), the cylinder is
able to maintain the flow rate without any loss of pressure, because the cylinder will compensate
for the heat of vaporisation of the liquid by drawing heat from ambient.

However, if we draw, much larger flow rates —the cooling effect dominates and the pressure in
the cylinder will begin to fall, water drops will form on the outside of the cylinder from
condensation of atmospheric moisture and gas flow will reduce drastically.

Composition of liquid fuels

Sl. No. Substance Density Composition (%) (Volumetric)
(kg/m3)

1. LPG (Liquid) 540-560 C H = 18, C H = 80, HHC − rest

2. Biogas 1.1-1.2 CH = 60 − 80, CO = 40 − 20

3. Producer gas (Wood) 0.9-1.2 CO = 16 − 20, H = 16 − 18,

CO = 8 − 10, HHC − traces, N − rest

4. Blue water gas 0.65 H = 50, CO = 40, CO = 6,

(N + others) − rest

5. Coke oven gas 0.40 𝐻 = 54, CH = 24, CO = 8, CO = 6,

(HHC + N ) − rest

(HHC = Higher hydrocarbons)