The Importance Of Propane In Todays World
Propane gas became an important part of life after Dr. Snelling, with the help of Frank Peterson, Chester Kerr and Arthur Kerr, created a way to liquefy LP gases during the refining of natural gasoline. It was in 1911 that Dr. Snelling’s group first came up with this process of compressing it into a transportable liquid. It wasn’t until 1913 that they finally received a patent for this revolutionary refining process. In the mean time, around 1912 another way of producing LP gas through compression was created by Frank Peterson and patented in 1912. With these processes making it available to the public, its sales began to sky rocket.
By the beginning of the 1920’s, liquid gas sales were well over 200,000, which increased to over a million by the end of the decade. In 1947 with over 62% of the homes in America being equipped with natural gas, liquid gas sales topped one billion gallons a year. With this dramatic increase of propane sales, new methods of getting the gas to the public were deemed necessary. This need brought about the introduction of railroad tank car transport and the construction of local bottle-filling plants.
The United States currently uses over 15 billion gallons of liquid gas a year. Almost 90% of the United State’s propane is made domestically. What we don’t make ourselves we get from Canada and a small percent from outside sources. After production, the it is stored in salt caves that where hollowed out in the 1940’s. As it is needed it is shipped out by barge, and pipeline to the areas that are in need. The users of the liquid gas can store the gas in 30 lb. tanks for use in gas grills, up to 100 gallon tanks for use in all areas. Some of the domestic uses for this gas include; cooking, heaters, gas fireplaces and generators that can run a whole house or business in case of emergency. Since it's a cleaner burning fuel, many of the fleet type vehicles, such as buses and taxis, are being converted to LP.
Since the early 1900’s the need for this gas has increased dramatically. Propane has gone from a waste product to a multi-billion dollar industry. With the ease of getting and storing it, the business and domestic use of the gas has multiplied in leaps and bounds since it was first converted into a usable product. The future of LP holds even more exciting applications as the concern for our environment encourages us to use less carbon producing resources and turn to cleaner fuels.
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