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Natural gas in propane container

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Cars in Brazil can run with natural gaz, they have an approprite tank in the trunk which could be refilled with up to 200 ATM pressure. Cooking propane gas is more expensive and our candidate decided to create a bypass pipeline under the carpet of his trunk to fill his propane gas bottle with natural gas, unfortunately he didn't know these bottle can only hold up to 15 ATM of pressure. The pictures show the result, the explosion sent parts up to 80 mts from location, nobody got hurt, amazing.

http://www.automt.com.br/xindex.php?cod=noticias&id=9

Submitted on 04/16/2007

Submitted by: Rafael Rivera
Reference: http://www.automt.com.br/xindex.php?cod=noticias&id=9

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James said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
I'm not sure what to make of this. I take it the victim (apparently uninjured) decided to fill a home propane bottle with less expensive natural gas and used his car's system to do so. Well, having pondered it, I will have to give him a nominal HM because he tinkered with his car in order to do this. That screams stupidity! Thanks, Rafael!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Apparently this guy was smart enough to install a valve in the gas line of his car but wasn't smart enough to know that natural gas and propane are stored at different pressures. I don't know about you but I certianly wouldn't try something like this if I wasn't 100% familiar with the gasses in question. I would like to know what happened to the person who attempted this though. Thanks for sending this in, Rafael. The pictures add a nice touch!


Chip said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
I am not sure I understand this one and the link gave a mysql error. I will trust Bruce's expertise here.


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