Why would you want to keep methane in a cool storage area compared to propane or butane?
Clyde asked:
The question is if you lived in Alaska, which of the following natural gases would you keep in an outdoor storage tank in winter? And Why?…The answer in the back of the book is methane but I don’t know why.
The question is if you lived in Alaska, which of the following natural gases would you keep in an outdoor storage tank in winter? And Why?…The answer in the back of the book is methane but I don’t know why.
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just methane i think?
You need lower temperature and higher pressure to liquefy methane into tanks. In Alaska (such a cold place), you can store methane in winter easily i think. The tank doesn’t need to hold much pressure to store methane due to the cold temperature in Alaska.
However, propane can be liquefied at −42.09 °C and butane can be liquefied at −0.5 °C. So you don’t need to store them in an outdoor storage tank in winter in Alaska. You can just store them in the tank that could hold several atmospheric pressure at room temperature (22-25°C). If you ever seen big markets selling propane for camping and butane for lighter at all season, that would be a perfect example of showing propane and butane don’t need to store in outdoor storage tank in winter.
People! Forget the ridiculously long chemical answers! Read the question!
The answer is methane because it is the only one that is usable at extremely low temperatures! Butane will not vaporize at anything below freezing! Flick your Bic and nothing happens! Propane craps out at -44°F…Open the valve on a propane tank at that temperature and nothing comes out!
Methane boils at -260°F or something like that! If it gets that cold I don’t care what you are using for heat! It ain’t working!
Methane is the only one capable of still supplying fuel to an appliance in extremely cold temperatures…That is why it is the correct answer!