propane

Propane

• One of the liquefied petroleum gases that are found missed with natural gas and oil • Naturally occur as gas • At higher pressure or lower temperature propane becomes a liquid •colorless and ordorless • It is used for heating homes, heating water, cooking and refrigerating food, drying clothes, and fueling gas fireplaces and barbecue grills. •used to dry corn and power farm equipment and irragtion pumps •45% of propane is used by chanical industry as raw material for making plastics, nylon, and other materials •transportation •fuel fleets of vehicles used by school districts, government agencies, and taxicab companies
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• produce much fewer emissions of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons comparedto gasoline engines • reduce the pollution • has a long shelf life • able to handle most of the sam uses managed vy the natural gas • a valuable feedstock material for the production of various kinds of petrochemicals. || • if work incorrectly, propane can be very dangerous •there is some limitations due to the form/state of propane - mainly gas and liquid, never soild <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">•the fuel is kind of expensive <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">• shares the same refinery-related environmental and safety issues that accompany production of other petroleum products <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">• creates the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide when burned ||
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resources: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/propane.html http://www.conocophillips.com/Tech/energyanswers/energytypes/propane.htm