Propane gas reducer is a device designed to reduce the total gas pressure in the system (which, as a rule, is a gas pipeline or cylinder) to the working one. Also, this mechanism is able to automatically maintain the necessary level of this tool, regardless of the readings in the container in which it is located.
Technical parameters of industrial and domestic gas devices
Often the propane gearbox (BPO 5-4 including) forms a liquid at the inlet with a pressure of about 25 atmospheres. The mechanisms used on methane cylinders compress 10 times more - up to 250 atmospheres. At the same time, the propane pressure at the outlet can be from 1 to 16 atm, depending on the specific model and type of device. Fluid flow also depends on the type of gearbox. The weakest devices consume several tens of liters per hour, the strongest can handle up to several hundred cubic meters.
Work algorithm
The principle of operation of this tool is not the same. It depends on the type of construction. There is a propane reducer with a falling characteristic (in which the pressure from the cylinder decreases with the flow of liquid). It has the principle of direct action. For devices with an increasing characteristic (when the gas decreases and the operating pressure in the system increases), the reverse algorithm of operation.
Types of gas reducers :
- Air.
- Oxygen.
- Propane
- Acetylenic.
- Reducers for combustible gases.
The first type of devices is most often used in industrial enterprises as a device to reduce the degree of air compression and maintain its stable value in the system.
Oxygen devices are also used for industrial purposes, but they are often found in the field of engineering and metallurgy. They are especially in demand in gas welding, soldering and metal cutting.
Household propane gas reducer can be used as a regulator in containers for supplying liquid from a cylinder to a gas stove. In addition, it is used in car gas equipment and is involved in carrying out autogenous work. Its adjustment range may vary from 0 to 3 kgf / cm2.
Acetylene reducer is used in utilities for cutting and laying pipelines and can be divided into devices for non-combustible and combustible gases. By the way, the latter have a left-hand thread (this is necessary in order to exclude unauthorized connection of the mechanism to an oxygen cylinder). Accordingly, reducers for combustible gases are characterized by a right-hand thread, as are oxygen tanks.
Conclusion
Thus, the propane gearbox on the background of all other devices differs in that it is often used for domestic purposes and in mechanical engineering. Almost every cylinder with such gas is equipped directly with this device, from which a thick rubber hose is already coming, and is threaded to the stove for the subsequent supply of liquid to the burners.