L.P.G. ingredients explained
L.P.G. or liquefied petroleum gas, is a mix-’ ture of two gases — propane and butane. It comes from the Kapuni and Maui gas fields and is separated from the condensate which emerges from the ground
~ and sea floor as part of the natural gas mixture. A gas at normal temperatures, L.P.G. becomes a liquid at relatively low pressures, and thus enjoys some of the advantages of both liquid and gas fuels.
It is stored as a liquid and as a result gives vehicles greater range than C.N.G., and it burns as a gas — more efficiently than petrol which is actually vapour drops suspended in an air stream.
For the motorist the benefits are a vehicle which will travel almost three times as far on a tank of gas as a C.N.G.powered motor, for about 30 per cent less than the cost of a petrol-powered vehicle.
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