LP-10

LP-GAS SERVICEMANS

HANDBOOK

LP-GAS SERVICEMANS
HANDBOOK
The Fisher Controls LP-Gas Servicemans Handbook
serves as a general reference of information on LP-Gas
and for the installation, operation and maintenance of
LP-Gas equipment. It provides key data and answers
important questions that are relevant to management and
field servicemen in the LP-Gas industry.
Users of this handbook should consult applicable
federal, state, and local laws as well as pertinent industry
regulations, including National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) Pamphlets No. 54 and 58.
Fisher Controls shall have no responsibility for any
misinterpretation of the information contained in this
handbook or any improper installation or repair work or
other deviation from the procedures recommended in
this handbook.
For additional copies of this handbook please contact
your local Sales Office, or call 1-800-558-5853, or
1-972-548-3574.

T a b l e o f Co n t e n t s
PR O PE R TIE S O F LP-GASE S ................................................ 2
V APO R

PR E SSUR E O F LP-GASE S ...................................... 4

D E TE R M INING TO TAL LO AD

................................................ 5

V APO R IZ ATIO N R ATE ............................................................ 6

CY LIND E R AND TANK M ANIFO LD ING.................................. 9
CO NTAINE R

LO CATIO N AND

INSTALLATIO N .................... 1 1

Container Preparation ..................................................... 1 5

PIPE AND TUB ING SIZ ING .................................................. 1 8
Sizi ng between 1 st Stage and 2 nd Stage R egulators ..... 2 3
Sizi ng between 2 nd Stage R egulator and Appliance ...... 2 6
2 psi and CSST Capacities ............................................. 2 8
LP-GAS R E GULATO R

INFO R M ATIO N

R egulator Selection ........................................................ 3 2

Two-Stage R egulation ..................................................... 3 5
R egulator Installation ...................................................... 3 6
Leak Testing M ethods ..................................................... 3 9
R egulator Inspection ...................................................... 41
Troubleshooting D omestic Tank Fittings .......................... 43
LP-Gas Orifice

a acities ............................................... 45

Line Sizi ng Chart for Liquid Propane ............................... 46

CO NV E R SIO N FACTO R S..................................................... 47
FLO W

E Q UIV ALE NT CO NV E R SIO NS ................................. 49

TE M PE R ATUR E CO NV E R SIO NS ........................................ 49

PROPERT IES OF LP-GASES

T a b l e 1 . Ap p r o x i m a t e Pr o p e r t i e s Of LP-Ga s e s
PROPANE
F ORMU LA

C 3 H8

C4 H1

-44

3 1

S ecific Gravity of Li uid

(W ater = 1 .0 ) at 6 0 F

0 .50 4

0 .582

W eight per Gallon of Liquid at

6 0 F, LB

4.2 0

4.81

S ecific eat of Li uid,

B TU/ LB at 6 0 F

0 .6 3 0

0 .549

Cubic feet of V apor per Gallon

at 6 0 F

3 6 .3 8

3 1 .2 6

Cubic feet of V apor per Pond

at 6 0 F

8.6 6

6 .51

S ecific Gravity of a or
(Air = 1 .0 ) at 6 0 F

1 .50

2 .0 1

Initial B oiling Point, F

Ignition Temperature in Air, F

9 2 0 to 1 ,1 2 0

9 0 0 to 1 ,0 0 0

M axi mum Flame Temperature

in Air, F

3 ,59 5

3 ,6 1 5

Cubic feet of Air R equired to

B urn O ne Cubic Foot of Gas

2 3 .6 8

3 1 .0 2

Limits of lamma ility in ir,

of V apor in Air-Gas M ix:
(a) Lower
(b) Upper

2 .1 5
9 .6 0

1 .55
8.6 0

Latent eat of a ori ation at

B oiling Point:
(a) B TU per Pound
(b) B TU per Gallon

1 84
7 7 3

1 6 7
80 8

2 ,488
2 1 ,548
9 1 ,50 2

3 ,2 80
2 1 ,2 2 1
1 0 2 ,0 3 2

otal eatin
alues fter
V aporiza tion:
(a) B TU per Cubic Foot
(b) B TU per Pound
(c) B TU per Gallon

BU T ANE

PROPERT IES OF LP-GASES

T a b l e 1 . Ap p r o x i m a t e Pr o p e r t i e s Of LP-Ga s e s ( Me t r i c )
PROPANE
F ORMU LA

BU T ANE

C3 H 8

C4 H1

-42

-1

0 .50 4

0 .582

50 4

582

S ecific eat of Li uid, ilo oule

K ilogram at 1 5.56 C

1 .46 4

4.2 7 6

Cubic M eter of V apor per Liter

at 1 5.56 C

0 .2 7 1

0 .2 3 5

Cubic M eter of V apor per

K ilogram at 1 5.56 C

0 .53 9

0 .41 0

S ecific Gravity of a or
(Air = 1 .0 ) at 1 5.56 C

1 .50

2 .0 1

Initial B oiling Point, C

S ecific Gravity of Li uid
(W ater = 1 .0 ) at 1 5.56 C
W eight per Cubic M eter of
Liquid at 1 5.56 C, kg

Iginition Temperature in Air, C

49 3 to 6 0 4

482 to 53 8

M axi mum Flame Temperature

in Air, C

1 ,9 80

1 ,9 9 1

Cubic M eters of Air R equired to

B urn 1 Cubic M eter of Gas

2 3 .86

3 1 .0 2

Limits of lamma ility in ir,

of V apor in Air-Gas M ix :
(a) Lower
(b) Upper

2 .1 5
9 .6 0

1 .55
8.6 0

Latent eat of a ori ation at

B oiling Point:
a ilo oule er ilo ram
ilo oule er Liter

42 8
2 1 6

3 88
2 2 6

9 2 ,43 0
49 ,9 2 0
2 5,1 40

1 2 1 ,2 80
49 ,1 40
2 8,1 0 0

otal eatin
alues fter
V aporiza tion:
a ilo oule er u ic eter
ilo oule er ilo ram
c ilo oule er Liter

VAPOR PRESSU RE OF LP-GASES

a or ressure can e defined as the force e erted e a as
or liquid attempting to escape from a container. This pressure
moves as alon the i e or tu in to the a liance urner.
Outside tem erature reatly affects container ressure. Lo er
temperature means lower container pressure. Too low a
container pressure means that not enough gas is able to get to
the appliance.
he a le elo sho s va or ressures for ro ane and utane
at various outside tem eratures.

T a b l e 2 . Va p o r Pr e s s u r e s
T EMPERAT U RE
F

-40

-40

-3 0
-2 0

-3 4.4
-2 8.9

-1 0

-2 3 .3

-1 7 .8

1 0

-1 2 .2

2 0

-6 .7

3 0

-1 .1

40

4.4

50

1 0

6 0

1 5.6

7 0

2 1 .1

80

2 6 .7

9 0

3 2 .2

1 0 0

3 7 .8

1 1 0

43 .3

APPROX IMAT E VAPOR PRESSU RE, p s i g / b a r

PROPANE
T O
BU T ANE
1 0 0 %
3 .6
/ 0 .2 5
8
/ 0 .55
1 3 .5 /
0 .9 3
2 0
/ 1 .4
2 8
/ 1 .9
3 7
/ 2 .6
47
/ 3 .2
58
/ 4.0
7 2
/ 5.0
86
/ 5.9
1 0 2
/ 7 .0
1 2 7
/ 8.8
1 40
/ 9 .7
1 6 5
/ 1 1 .4
1 9 6
/ 1 3 .5
2 2 0
/ 1 5.2

8 0 /2 0

6 0 /4 0

5 0 /5 0

4 0 /6 0

2 0 /8 0

4.5
/ 0 .3 1
9 .2
/ 0 .6 3
1 6
/ 1 .1
2 2
/ 1 .5
2 9
/ 2 .0
3 6
/ 2 .5
45
/ 3 .1
58
/ 4.0
6 9
/ 4.8
80
/ 5.5
9 5
/ 6 .6
1 2 5
/ 8.6
1 40
/ 9 .7
1 6 8
/ 1 1 .6
1 85
/ 1 2 .8

4.9
/ 0 .3 4
9
/ 0 .6 2
1 5
/ 1 .0
2 0
/ 1 .4
2 8
/ 1 .9
3 5
/ 2 .4
44
/ 3 .0
53
/ 3 .7
6 5
/ 4.5
7 8
/ 5.4
9 0
/ 6 .2
1 1 2
/ 7 .7
1 3 7
/ 9 .4
1 6 5
/ 1 1 .4

1 .9
/ 0 .1 3
6
/ 0 .41
1 1
/ 0 .7 6
1 7
/ 1 .2
2 3
/ 1 .6
2 9
/ 2 .0
3 7
/ 2 .6
46
/ 3 .2
56
/ 3 .9
6 8
/ 4.7
80
/ 5.5
9 5
/ 6 .6
1 2 3
/ 8.5
1 48
/ 1 0 .2

3 .5
/ 0 .2 4
7 .3
/ 0 .50
1 3
/ 0 .9 0
1 8
/ 1 .2
2 4
/ 1 .7
3 2
/ 2 .2
40
/ 2 .8
49
/ 3 .4
59
/ 4.1
7 0
/ 4.8
82
/ 5.7
1 0 0
/ 6 .9
1 3 0
/ 9 .0

3 .4
/ 0 .2 3
7 .4
/ 0 .51
1 3
/ 0 .9
1 8
/ 1 .2
2 4
/ 1 .7
3 0
/ 2 .1
3 8
/ 2 .6
46
/ 3 .2
56
/ 3 .9
6 9
/ 4.8
80
/ 5.5

1 0 0 %

3
/ 0 .2 1
6 .9
/ 0 .58
1 2
/ 0 .83
1 7
/ 1 .2
2 3
/ 1 .6
2 9
/ 2 .0
3 6
/ 2 .5
45
/ 3 .1

DET ERMINING T OT AL LOAD

he est ay to determine
in ut is from the a liance
nameplate or from the manufacturers catalog. Add the input
of all the a liances for the total load. f s ecific a liance
ca acity information is not availa le, a le 3 elo
ill e
useful. emem er to allo for a liance hich may e installed
at a later date.
f the ro ane load in standard cu ic feet er hour S
is
desired, divide the
hr load y 2,488 to et S
. onversely,
the
hr ca acity can e o tained from S
y multi lyin
the S
fi ure y 2,488.
i urin the total load accurately is most im ortant ecause of the
si e of the i e and tu in , the tan or the num er of cylinders ,
and the re ulator ill e ased on the ca acity of the system to
e served.

T a b l e 3 . Ga s Re q u i r e d F o r Co m m o n Ap p l i a n c e s
APPLIANCE
W arm Air Furnace
Sin le amily
ultifamily, er unit
ydronic oiler, S ace eatin
Sin le amily
ultifamily, er unit
ydronic oiler, S ace and ater eatin
Sin le amily
ultifamily, er unit
R ange, Free Standing, D omestic
uilt- n Oven or roiler nit, omestic
B uilt-In top Unit, D omestic
ater eater, utomatic Stora e, 30 to 40 al. an
ater eater, utomatic Stora e, 50 al. an
ater eater, utomatic Stora e, nstantaneous
2 GPM
4 GPM
6 GPM
ater eater, omestic, irculatin or Side- rm
R efrigerator
lothes ryer, y e 1 omestic
Gas Fireplace D irect V ent
Gas Log
B arbecue
Gas Light
Incinerator, D omestic
Table R eprinted From Table 5.4.2 .1 , NFPA 54, 2 0 0 2 ed.

APPROX IMAT E
INPU T BT U / HR
1 0 0 ,0 0 0
6 0 ,0 0 0
1 0 0 ,0 0 0
6 0 ,0 0 0
1 2 0 ,0
7 5,0
6 5,0
2 5,0
40 ,0
3 5,0
50 ,0

0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0

1 42 ,80
2 85,0 0
42 8,0 0
3 5,0 0
3 ,0 0
3 5,0 0
40 ,0 0
80 ,0 0
40 ,0 0
2 ,50
3 5,0 0

0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

VAPORIZ AT ION RAT E

he rate of va ori ation of a container is de endent u on the
temperature of the liquid and the amount of wetted surface are
of the container.
The temperature of the liquid is proportional to the outside air
temperature and the wetted surface area is the tank surface
are in contact with the liquid. Therefore, when the outside air
temperature is lower or the container has less liquid in it, the
va ori ation rate of the container is a lo er value.
To determine the proper size of ASM E storage tanks or the
ro er num er of O cylinders for carious loads, it is im ortant
to consider the lowest winter temperature at the location.
ulti le cylinders or tan s may e manifolded to ive the re uired
va ori ation ca acity. ithdra al of as from one or t o
containers can lo er the container ressure su stantially due to
the refri eration of the va ori ation as.
e ulator ca acity is
then reduced ecause of the lo er inlet ressure.
here any
reasona ly heavy as load is e ected, ut sufficient cylinders on
each side of an automatic chan eover system.

See pages 7 and 8 for more information.

VAPORIZ AT ION RAT ES F OR

ASME ST ORAGE T ANKS
A number of assumptions were made in calculating the B TU
fi ures listed in the a le 4 elo
1 ) The tank is one-half full.
2

elative humidity is 70 .

3 ) The tank is under intermittent loading.

lthou h none of these conditions may a ly, a le 4 can still
serve as a ood rule-of-thum in estimatin
hat a articular tan
si e ill rovide under various tem eratures. ontinuous loadin
is not a very common occurrence on domestic installations, ut
under continuous loading the withdrawal rates in Table 4 should
e multi lied y 0.25.

T a b l e 4 . Ma x i m u m In t e r m i t t e n t W i t h d r a w a l Ra t e
( BT U / h r ) W i t h o u t T a n k F r o s t i n g * If Lo w e s t Ou t d o o r
T e m p e r a t u r e ( Av e r a g e F o r 2 4 Ho u r s ) Re a c h e s . . .
T ANK SIZ E, GALLONS / l
T EMPERAT U RE
1 5 0 / 5 6 8

2 5 0 / 9 4 6

5 0 0 / 1 ,8 9 3

1 ,0 0 0 / 3 ,7 8 5

40 F

4 C

2 1 4,9 0 0

2 88,1 0 0

47 8,80 0

852 ,80 0

3 0 F

-1 C

1 87 ,0 0 0

2 51 ,80 0

41 8,6 0 0

7 45,6 0 0

2 0 F

-7 C

1 6 1 ,80 0

2 1 6 ,80 0

3 6 0 ,40 0

6 41 ,9 0 0

1 0 F

-1 2 C

1 48,0 0 0

1 9 8,40 0

3 2 9 ,7 0 0

587 ,2 0 0

0 F

-1 8 C

1 3 4,7 0 0

1 80 ,6 0 0

3 0 0 ,1 0 0

53 4,50 0

-1 0 F

-2 3 C

1 3 2 ,40 0

1 7 7 ,40 0

2 9 4,80 0

52 5,40 0

-2 0 F

-2 9 C

1 0 8,80 0

1 45,80 0

2 42 ,3 0 0

43 1 ,6 0 0

-3 0 F

-3 4 C

1 0 7 ,1 0 0

1 43 ,50 0

2 3 8,6 0 0

42 5,0 0 0

an frostin acts as an insulator, reducin the va ori ation rate.

VAPORIZ AT ION RAT ES F OR

1 0 0 POU NDS / 4 5 KG
DOT CY LINDERS
R u l e o f T h u m b Gu i d e
or continuous dra s, here tem eratures may reach 0
-18 ,
assume the va ori ation rate of a 100 ounds 45
cylinder to
e a ro imately 50,000
hr. herefore the
um er of cylinders er side

total load in

hr 50,000

Ex a m p l e :
If a total requirement of 2 0 ,0 0 0 B TU/ hr is to be supplied from
100 ounds 45
O cylinders and inter tem eratures may
dro to 0
-18 , then ho many cylinders are needed er side
um er of cylinders er side

200,000 50,000

hen usin a chan eover re ulator, 4 cylinders er side are

re uired. a le 5 sho s the va ori ation rates for various
tem eratures and li uid levels in
.

T a b l e 5 . Va p o r i za t i o n Ra t e s In BT U H
F o r Va r i o u s T e m p e r a t u r e s An d Li q u i d Le v e l s
POU NDS OF
PROPANE IN
CY LINDER

-2 0 F / -2 9 C

0 F / -1 8 C

2 0 F / -6 C

4 0 F / 4 C

1 0 0

6 5,0 0 0

7 1 ,0 0 0

7 9 ,0 0 0

9 4,0 0 0

9 0

6 0 ,0 0 0

6 5,0 0 0

7 2 ,0 0 0

85,0 0 0

80

54,0 0 0

59 ,0 0 0

6 6 ,0 0 0

7 7 ,0 0 0

7 0

48,0 0 0

52 ,0 0 0

59 ,0 0 0

6 9 ,0 0 0

6 0

43 ,0 0 0

46 ,0 0 0

52 ,0 0 0

6 1 ,0 0 0

50

3 7 ,0 0 0

40 ,0 0 0

45,0 0 0

53 ,0 0 0

40

3 1 ,0 0 0

3 4,0 0 0

3 8,0 0 0

45,0 0 0

3 0

2 6 ,0 0 0

2 8,0 0 0

3 1 ,0 0 0

3 7 ,0 0 0

2 0

2 0 ,0 0 0

2 2 ,0 0 0

2 5,0 0 0

2 9 ,0 0 0

1 0

1 5,0 0 0

1 6 ,0 0 0

1 8,0 0 0

2 1 ,0 0 0

CY LINDER AND T ANK MANIF OLDING

Often it is necessary to manifold cylinders or tan s to o tain the
re uired ca acity needed for the installation. ulti le cylinder
hoo u s are most fre uently used on commercial a lications
and at many residential o s, even thou h tan manifoldin is
common in certain areas.
On certain multi-cylinder or tan installations, an automatic
chan eover re ulator can e used. hese re ulators chan e
from the su ly cylinder
hen the as is e hausted to the
reserve cylinder automatically ithout havin to shutdo n the
system to refill.
ty ical cylinder manifold usin an automatic chan eover re ulator
can e installed in line ith multi le cylinders See i ure 1 .

COPPER PIGT AIL

SCH 8 0 1 / 2 -IN PIPE MANIF OLD
AU T OMAT IC CHANGEOVER REGU LAT OR

Figure 1. Cylinder Manifold with Automatic

Changeover Regulator

CY LINDER AND T ANK

MANIF OLDING ( Co n t i n u e d )
hen manifoldin cylinders or tan s, do not use a re ulator at each
container. hen this is done, the re uired ca acity for the articular
installation may not e o tained. t is im ossi le to set all of the
re ulators at the same outlet ressure. he re ulator deliverin
the highest outlet pressure will backpressure the other regulators,
ee in them from o eratin . n effect, only one container ould
e su lyin as in this sort of situation.
The answer on manifold installations is to run high pressure piping
from the containers into a common line, as shown in Figure 2
below. Then, install a regulator that can handle the required
ca acity.
o-sta e re ulation is the most effective system on
tank manifold installations.

1 ST ST AGE
REGU LAT OR

2 ND ST AGE
REGU LAT OR

Figure 2. Schematic of a Tank Manifold Installation

1 0

CONT AINER LOCAT ION

AND INST ALLAT ION
O nce the proper size of ASM E storage tank or the proper number
of O cylinders has een determined, careful attention must e
iven to the most convenient, yet safe, lace for their location on
the customer s ro erty.
Containers should be placed in a location pleasing to the customer
that does not con ict ith state and local re ulations or
P
Pam hlet o. 58, Stora e and andlin of Li uefied Petroleum
Gases. R efer to this standard to determine the appropriate
placement of LP-Gas containers.
In general, storage tanks should be placed in an accessible
location for filin , su orted y concrete loc s of a ro riate
si e and reinforcement, and located a ay from vehicular traffic.
ylinders should e laced ith ease of re lacement or refillin in
mind, secured on a firm ase, and rotected from vehicular traffic,
animals and the elements.
or oth S
and O containers, the distance from any
building openings, ext ernal sources of ignition, and intakes to
direct vented as a liances or mechanical ventilation systems
are a critical consideration. See Figures 3 , 4, and 5 on pages 1 2 ,
1 3 , and 1 4.
R efer to NFPA No. 58 for the minimum distances that these
containers must e laced from the uildin or other o ects.

1 1

No t e 1 : 5 -f o o t
a w a y
in to d
a ir in t

/ 1 .5
fro m
ir e c t
a k e s

m in im u m fr o m r e lie f v a lv e in a n y d ir e c tio n
a n y e x te r io r s o u r c e o f ig n itio n , o p e n in g s
v e n t a p p lia n c e s , o r m e c h a n ic a l v e n tila tio n

Note 2: If the cylinders are filled on site from a bulk truck, the
filling connection and vent valve must be at least 10-foot
/ 3 .0 m fr o m a n y e x te r io r s o u r c e o f ig n itio n , o p e n in g s in to
d ir e c t v e n t a p p lia n c e s , o r m e c h a n ic a l v e n tila tio n a ir in ta k e s .

CONT AINER LOCAT ION ( Co n t i n u e d )

Figure 3. Cylinders, Reprinted from NFPA 58

Figure I.1(a), 2002 ed.

1 2

No t e 1 : Re g a r d l e s s o f i t s
size, any ASME tank filled on site must be located so that
the filling connection and fixed liquid level gauge are
a t l e a s t 1 0 -f o o t / 3 . 0 m a w a y f r o m a n y e x t e r n a l s o u r c e
of ignition (i.e. open flame, window A/C, compressor,
e c t.), in ta k e to d ir e c t v e n te d g a s a p p lia n c e s o r in ta k e to a
m e c h a n ic a l v e n tila tio n s y s te m .

No t e 2 : T h
re
1 2
is
m

e d is ta
d u c e d
0 0 g a l
a t le a s
o re th a

n c e m a y
to n o le s
/ 4 .5 m 3 w
t 2 5 -f o o t
n 1 2 5 -AF

b e
s th a
a te r
/ 7 .6
6 1 2 6
m

n 1 0 -f o o
c a p a c it
fro m
g a l / 0 .5

t /
y o
a n
m 3

3 .0
r le
y o
w a

m
s s
th
te

fo r a s in g
p r o v id e d
e r LP-Ga s
r c a p a c ity
.

le c o n ta in e r o f
s u c h c o n ta in e r
c o n ta in e r o f

CONT AINER LOCAT ION ( Co n t i n u e d )

Figure 4. Above Ground ASME Containers, Reprinted from

NFPA 58 Figure I.1(b), 2002 ed.

1 3

Note 1: The relief valve, filling connection, and liquid fixed

m a x im u m le v e l g a u g e v e n t c o n n e c tio n a t th e c o n ta in e r
m u s t b e a t l e a s t 1 0 -f o o t / 3 . 0 m f r o m a n y e x t e r i o r s o u r c e
o f i g n i t i o n , o p e n i n g s i n t o d i r e c t -v e n t a p p l i a n c e s ,
o r m e c h a n ic a l v e n tila tio n a ir in ta k e s .

Note 2: If the cylinder is filled on site from a bulk truck, the

filling connection and vent valve must be at least 10-foot
/ 3 .0 m fr o m a n y e x te r io r s o u r c e o f ig n itio n , o p e n in g s in to
d i r e c t -v e n t a p p l i a n c e s , o r m e c h a n i c a l v e n t i l a t i o n a i r i n t a k e s .

CONT AINER LOCAT ION ( Co n t i n u e d )

Figure 5. Below Ground ASME Containers, Reprinted from

NFPA 58 Figure I.1(c), 2002 ed.

1 4

CONT AINER PREPARAT ION F OR

REMOVAL OF W AT ER AND
AIR CONT AMINANT S
oth ater and air are contaminants that can seriously hinder
the ro er o eration of the LP-Gas system and the connected
a liances if nor effectively removed. he follo in rocedures
ill hel increase system erformance and decrease the num er
of service calls.

Re m o v i n g W a t e r f r o m

Co n t a i n e r s

ater in LP-Gas cylinders and tan s can contaminate the as,

causing regulator freez eups and erratic appliance performance.
eutrali e any moisture in the container y addin anhydrous
methanol 99.85
ure accordin to the amount sho n in
Table 6 .
This will minimize freeze up problems for normal amounts of water
in a container. o ever, this ater may still cause corrosion or
sediment problems. Large amounts of water should be drained
from the tank.

T a b l e 6 . Me t h a n o l Re q u i r e m e n t s F o r W a t e r Re m o v a l
CONT AINER SIZ E
100 ounds

ylinder

MINIMU M AMOU NT OF
MET HANOL REQ U IRED
1 / 8 Pint (2 Fluid O unces)

1 50 gallons Tank

1 Pint

2 50 gallons Tank

1 Q uart

50 0 gallons Tank

2 Q uarts

1 ,0 0 0 gallons Tank

1 Gallon

W a r n i n g : D o not substitute other alcohols in place

of methanol.

1 5

PU RGING AIR F ROM CONT AINERS

Air in the LP-Gas can cause appliance pilot lights to be
e tin uished easily. t can also lead to e cessive container
ressure, ma in the safety relief valve o en. Since nearly all
containers are shipped from the fabricator under air pressure, it
is e tremely im ortant to et rid of the air efore the container is
ut in service.

DOT Cy l i n d e r s
irst, o en the cylinder or service valves for several minutes to
allo air to leed to atmos here. hen, ressure the cylinder
ith LP-Gas va or and a ain o en the cylinder or service valve
(repeat this step at least two times).

ASME St o r a g e T a n k s
e endin on the ty e of valves in the tan , see i ures a and
6 b on page 1 7 ), purge the container as follows:
1

leed the air atmos here y o enin the multi- ur ose

valve or the service valve for several minutes until air ressure
is e hausted. lose the valve.

2 ) If a pressure gauge has not been installed in the multi- purpose

valve side outlet, install a 0 to 300 si 0 to 20.7 ar au e
(Fisher rand y e 50 . On tan
ith service valves,
install a PO L x 1 / 4-inch FNPT pipe coupling and 0 to 3 0 0 psig
0 to 20.7 ar au e in the valve service valve outlet.
3

ttach the truc va or e uali in hose to the multi- ur ose

valve s va or e uali in valve to the se arate va ore uali in valve.

4 Slo ly o en the shutoff valve on the end of the hose so that

the truc e cess o chec valve does not slam-shut.
5

1 6

losely atch the ressure, and hen the au e reaches

15 si 1.0 ar, close the shutoff valve.

PU RGING AIR F ROM CONT AINERS

ASME St o r a g e T a n k s ( Co n t i n u e d )
O en the va or service valve on the multi- ur ose valve
or the se arate service valve, after removin the
adaptor). Allow all pressure to be ex hausted before
closin the multi- ur ose valve or the service valve.
7 ) R epeat steps 4 through 6 at least three more times to make
certain air has been purged from the tank.
T O T RU CK
VAPOR
EQ U ALIZ ING
VALVE
SHU T OF F
VALVE
MU LT I-PU RPOSE
VALVE
PRESSU RE
GAU GE

SERVICE VALVE
OU T LET

Figure 6a. Purging Method with Multi-Purpose Valve

T O T RU CK VAPOR
EQ U ALIZ ING VALVE

SHU T OF F
VALVE
VAPOR
EQ U ALIZ ING
VALVE

PIPE COU PLING

SERVICE
VALVE

PRESSU RE
GAU GE

No t e :
o not ur e tan s in this ay on the customer s
ro erty. Pur e them in a safe lace at the ul lant site.
Figure 6b. Purging Method with Separate Valves

1 7

PIPE AND T U BING SIZ ING

The proper selection of pipe and tubing size s is essential for the
efficient o eration of the LP-Gas a liance. General consideration
must e iven to the ma imum as demand re uirements of the
system and the allo a le ressure loss from the oint of delivery
to the inlet connection of the gas appliance.
Four different areas of siz ing requirements must be addressed:
1 ) Sizi ng between First-Stage and Second-Stage R egulators
2 ) Sizi ng between Second-Stage R egulator and Appliance
3 Si in et een 2- si 0.14 ar Service and Line
Pressure R egulators
4) Sizi ng between Line Pressure R egulator and Appliance
The following directions and exa mples, as well as Tables 7 A
through 8A starting on page 2 3 , will assist in determining the
proper selection of pipe and tubing sizi ng for these different
areas. All data in the tables are calculated per NFPA Pamphlet
Nos. 54 and 58.

1 8

PIPE AND T U BING SIZ ING

( Co n t i n u e d )
Di r e c t i o n s f o r Si zi n g b e t w e e n F i r s t -St a g e
a n d Se c o n d -St a g e Re g u l a t o r s
( Ba s e d o n NF PA 5 4 Hy b r i d Pr e s s u r e Me t h o d )
1 ) M easure the required length of pipe or tubing from the
outlet of the first-sta e re ulator to the inlet of the second
stage regulator.
2 ) D etermine the maxi mum gas demand requirements of the
system y addin the
in uts from the name lates of
all the a liances or y referrin to a le 3 on a e 5.
3 ) Select the pipe or tubing required from Tables 7 A, 7 B , and
7 C on pages 2 3 through 2 5.

Di r e c t i o n s f o r Si z i n g b e t w e e n Se c o n d -St a g e
Re g u l a t o r a n d Ap p l i a n c e
( Ba s e d o n NF PA 5 4 Lo n g e s t Le n g t h Me t h o d )
1 ) M easure the length of pipe or tubing from the outlet of the
second-stage regulator to the most remote appliance.
ote his is the only len th needed to si e the secondsta e system .
2

or each outlet and section of i e, determine the s ecific

as demand re uirements y addin the
in uts from
the name lates of each a liance or y referrin to Table 3
on page 5.

3 ) Select the pipe or tubing required for each section from

Table 8A or 8B on pages 2 6 and 2 7 .

1 9

PIPE AND T U BING SIZ ING

( Co n t i n u e d )
D etermine the siz es of pipe or tubing required for this two-stage
LP-Gas installation.
Ex a m p l e :
rivate home is to e su lied ith a LP-Gas system servin a
central furnace, range and water heater. The gas demand and
piping lengths are shown on the sketch below.
1 ST ST AGE
REGU LAT OR
2 5

A
W AT ER HEAT ER
4 0 , 0 0 0 BT U / HR

7 5

SECT ION 1
1 0
1 2

B
RANGE
7 5 , 0 0 0 BT U / HR

SECT ION 2
3 0

2 ND ST AGE
REGU LAT OR

1 0
C
F U RNACE
1 2 0 , 0 0 0 BT U / HR

Figure 7. LP-Gas System Serving a Central Furnace, Range,

and Water Heater
F o r F i r s t -St a g e :
1 Len th of first-sta e i in
25 feet round u to 30 foot for
use in Tables 7 A, 7 B , and 7 C).
2 otal as demand 40,000 120,000 235,000
3 ) From Tables 7 A, 7 B , and 7 C, use 1 / 2 -inch iron pipe; or 1 / 4-inch
y e L or 3 8-inch
co er tu in or 1 2-inch lastic tu in
assume a 10 si 0.7 ar first-sta e re ulator settin and a
1 psig pressure drop).
F o r Se c o n d -St a g e :
1 ) Total second-stage piping length = 3 0 + 1 0 + 1 5 = 55 feet
(round up to 6 0 foot for use in Tables 8A and 8B ).
2 ) Gas demand requirements and pipe selection from Tables 8A and
8B (assume a 1 1 -inch w.c. setting and 1 / 2 -inch w.c. pressure drop).
For outlet A, demand = 40 ,0 0 0 B TU/ hr, use 1 / 2 -inch iron pipe or
3 8-inch y e L or 5 8-inch
co er tu in .
For outlet B , demand = 7 5,0 0 0 B TU/ hr, use 1 / 2 -inch iron pipe or
1 2-inch y e L or 5 8-inch
co er tu in .
For outlet C, demand = 1 2 0 ,0 0 0 B TU/ hr, use 3 / 4-inch iron pipe
or 5 8-inch y e L or 3 4-inch
co er tu in .
For section 1 , demand = 40 ,0 0 0 + 7 5,0 0 0 = 1 1 5,0 0 0 B TU/ hr,
use 3 4-inch iron i e or 5 8-inch y e L or 3 4-inch
copper tubing.
For section 2 , demand = 40 ,0 0 0 + 7 5,0 0 0 + 1 2 0 ,0 0 0
= 2 3 5,0 0 0 B TU/ hr, use 1 -inch iron pipe.
2 0

PIPE AND T U BING SIZ ING

( Co n t i n u e d )
Di r e c t i o n s f o r Si zi n g b e t w e e n 2 -p s i
/ 0 . 1 4 b a r Se r v i c e Re g u l a t o r a n d Li n e
Pr e s s u r e Re g u l a t o r
1 ) M easure the length of CSST tubing from the outlet of the
2- si 0.14 ar service re ulator to the inlet of the line
pressure regulator.
2 ) D etermine the max imum gas demand requirements of the
system e addin the
hr in uts from the name lates of all
the a liances or y referrin to a le 3 on a e 5.
3 ) Use the correct footage column, or next higher column in
a le 9 . Select SS tu in si e hen ca acity in column
exce eds gas demand.

Di r e c t i o n s f o r Si zi n g b e t w e e n Li n e Pr e s s u r e
Re g u l a t o r a n d Ap p l i a n c e
1 ) M easure the length of CSST tubing from the outlet of the
line pressure regulator to each of the appliances.
2 ) For each outlet and selection of CSST tubing, determine
the s ecific as demand re uirements y addin the
hr
in uts from the name lates of each a liance or y referrin
Table 3 on page 5.
3 ) Use the correct footage column, or nex t higher column in
a le 11. Select SS tu in si e hen ca acity in column
ex ceeds gas demand.
Ex a m p l e :
ty ical sin le family home ith four a liances is to e
su lied ith a LP-Gas system. he i in is arran ed in
parallel with a distribution manifold branching CSST runs
to the a liances. he su ly ressure do nstream of the
service re ulator is 2 si
0.14 ar and the outlet ressure
of the line pressure regulator is set to 1 1 -inch w.c. / 2 7 mbar.
(See nex t page).

2 1

PIPE AND T U BING SIZ ING

( Co n t i n u e d )
D etermine the size s of pipe or tubing required for this in-house
LP-Gas installation.
F ro m

2 PSI Se r v i c e Re g u l a t o r t o Li n e Re g u l a t o r :

1 ) Length of section A tubing = 2 0 feet

2 ) Total gas demand = 80 ,0 0 0 + 3 6 ,0 0 0 + 2 8,0 0 0 + 52 ,0 0 0
= 1 9 6 ,0 0 0 B TU/ hr
3 ) From Table 9 A, use 2 5 column. Select 3 / 8-inch CSST for
run , as it has ca acity over 19 ,000
hr 2 2,000
(assume a 2 psig / 0 .1 4 bar second-stage regulator setting and
1 psig pressure drop).
F ro m

Li n e Pr e s s u r e Re g u l a t o r t o Ea c h Ap p l i a n c e :

1 ) For line B , length =

For line C, length =
For line D , length =
For line B , length =

1 0 feet;
1 0 feet;
3 0 feet;
3 5 feet;

gas demand =
gas demand =
gas demand =
gas demand =

80 ,0
3 6 ,0
2 8,0
52 ,0

0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0

B TU
B TU
B TU
B TU

2 ) CSST Tubing selection from Table 1 1 (assume a

1 1 -inch w.c. setting and 1 / 2 -inch w.c. pressure drop):

MANIF OLD
REGU LAT OR

2 PSI
SERVICE
REGU LAT OR

A = 2 0 F EET
X X X X

X X X
E = 3 5 F EET
RANGE 5 2 , 0 0 0
BT U / HR
D = 3 0 F EET
X X X

R
C = 1 0 F EET

B = 1 0 F EET
F U RNACE
8 0 , 0 0 0 BT U / HR

W AT ER
HEAT ER
3 6 , 0 0 0 BT U / HR DRY ER
2 8 ,0 0 0
BT U / HR

Figure 8. Single Family Home with a LP-Gas System

Si n g l e F a m i l y Ho m e W i t h LP-Ga s Ex a m p l e

1 0

80

CSST
CAPACIT Y ,
1 , 0 0 0 BT U / HR
1 2 9

1 0

3 6

50

3 /8

3 0

2 8

2 8

3 /8

3 5*

52

6 4

1 /2

LINE

LENGT H ( F T . )

LOAD,
1 , 0 0 0 BT U / HR

* Uses 40 column in Table 1 1 .

2 2

SELECT
CSST SIZ E
1 /2

2 3

1 / 2 NPT
( 0 . 6 2 2 -i n c h e s )
843
1 ,57 7
1 ,3 9 8
1 ,2 6 7
1 ,1 6 5
1 ,0 84
1 ,0 1 7
9 6 1
7 7 2
6 6 0
585
53 0
488
454
42 6
40 2
3 6 4
3 3 5
3 1 2
2 9 3
2 7 5
2 2 2

1 9 0

2 ,0 0 0

3 /4
(0 .8 2 4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1

3 9 7

7 48

1 -1
(1 .3 8
1
1
1
1

l ays chec

1 NPT
( 1 . 0 4 9 -i n c h e s )
7 ,2 6 0
6 ,2 1 3
5,50 7
4,9 89
4,59 0
4,2 7 0
4,0 0 7
3 ,7 85
3 ,0 3 9
2 ,6 0 1
2 ,3 0 5
2 ,0 89
1 ,9 2 2
1 ,7 88
1 ,6 7 7
1 ,584
1 ,43 6
1 ,3 2 1
1 ,2 2 9
1 ,1 53
1 ,0 89
87 5

P 58, 2004 ed.

NPT
-i n c h e s )
,854
,2 9 8
,9 2 3
,6 49
,43 7
,2 6 7
,1 2 7
,0 0 9
,6 1 3
,3 81
,2 2 4
,1 0 9
,0 2 0
9 49
89 0
841
7 6 2
7 0 1
6 52
6 1 2
57 8
46 4

ata ta en and re rinted from a le 15.1 a in

3 0
40
50
6 0
7 0
80
9 0
1 0 0
1 50
2 0 0
2 50
3 0 0
3 50
40 0
450
50 0
6 0 0
7 0 0
80 0
9 0 0
1 ,0 0 0
1 ,50 0

Pi p i n g Le n g t h ,
F e e t

1 ,53 7

1 -1
(1 .6 1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2 ,3 0 2

/ 2 NPT
-i n c h e s )
2 ,3 3 1
9 ,1 1 3
6 ,9 3 9
5,3 48
4,1 2 0
3 ,1 3 6
2 ,3 2 5
1 ,6 42
9 ,3 49
8,0 0 2
7 ,0 9 2
6 ,42 6
5,9 1 1
5,49 9
5,1 6 0
4,87 4
4,41 6
4,0 6 3
3 ,7 80
3 ,546
3 ,3 50
2 ,6 9 0
4,43 4

2 NPT
( 2 . 0 6 7 -i n c h e s )
43 ,0 0 8
3 6 ,80 9
3 2 ,6 2 3
2 9 ,559
2 7 ,1 9 4
2 5,2 9 9
2 3 ,7 3 7
2 2 ,42 2
1 8,0 0 5
1 5,41 0
1 3 ,6 58
1 2 ,3 7 5
1 1 ,3 85
1 0 ,59 1
9 ,9 3 8
9 ,3 87
8,50 5
7 ,82 5
7 ,2 7 9
6 ,83 0
6 ,452
5,1 81
.nf a.or for the latest u dates.

/ 4 NPT
-i n c h e s )
4,9 0 4
2 ,7 56
1 ,3 0 6
0 ,2 44
9 ,42 4
8,7 6 7
8,2 2 6
7 ,7 7 0
6 ,2 40
5,3 40
4,7 3 3
5,2 89
3 ,9 45
3 ,6 7 0
3 ,444
3 ,2 53
2 ,9 48
2 ,7 1 2
2 ,52 3
2 ,3 6 7
2 ,2 3 6
1 ,7 9 5

Sc h e d u l e 4 0 Pi p e Si z e , In c h e s ( Ac t u a l In s i d e Di a m e t e r , In c h e s )

1 2 ,49 4

3 NPT
( 3 . 0 6 8 -i n c h e s )
1 2 1 ,1 80
1 0 3 ,7 1 4
9 1 ,9 2 0
83 ,2 86
7 6 ,6 2 2
7 1 ,2 82
6 6 ,882
6 3 ,1 7 6
50 ,7 3 3
43 ,42 1
3 8,483
3 4,86 8
3 2 ,0 7 8
2 9 ,843
2 8,0 0 0
2 6 ,449
2 3 ,9 6 5
2 2 ,0 47
2 0 ,51 1
1 9 ,2 45
1 8,1 7 8
1 4,59 8
1 8,2 9 3

3 -1 / 2 NPT
( 3 . 5 4 8 -i n c h e s )
1 7 7 ,42 5
1 51 ,853
1 3 4,585
1 2 1 ,9 43
1 1 2 ,1 86
1 0 4,3 6 8
9 7 ,9 2 5
9 2 ,49 9
7 4,2 80
6 3 ,57 4
56 ,3 45
51 ,0 52
46 ,9 6 7
43 ,6 9 4
40 ,9 9 7
3 8,7 2 5
3 5,0 88
3 2 ,2 80
3 0 ,0 3 1
2 8,1 7 7
2 6 ,6 1 6
2 1 ,3 7 3

MAX IMU M U NDILU T ED PROPANE CAPACIT IES BASED ON 1 0 PSIG F IRST ST AGE SET T ING AND 1 PSIG PRESSU RE DROP. CAPACIT IES ARE IN 1 , 0 0 0 BT U

T a b l e 7 A. Pi p e Si z i n g Be t w e e n F i r s t -St a g e ( Hi g h Pr e s s u r e Re g u l a t o r )
An d Se c o n d -St a g e ( Lo w Pr e s s u r e Re g u l a t o r )

(4 .0 2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2 5,483

4 NPT
6 -i n c h e s )
47 ,1 6 8
1 1 ,544
87 ,487
6 9 ,87 7
56 ,2 85
45,3 9 3
3 6 ,41 7
2 8,859
0 3 ,47 8
88,56 4
7 8,49 3
7 1 ,1 2 0
6 5,43 0
6 0 ,87 0
57 ,1 1 2
53 ,9 48
48,880
44,9 6 9
41 ,83 5
3 9 ,2 53
3 7 ,0 7 8
2 9 ,7 7 5

PER HOU R.

T a b l e 7 B. Pi p e Si z i n g Be t w e e n F i r s t -St a g e ( Hi g h Pr e s s u r e
Re g u l a t o r ) An d Se c o n d -St a g e ( Lo w Pr e s s u r e Re g u l a t o r )
MAX IMU M U NDILU T ED PROPANE CAPACIT IES BASED ON 1 0 PSIG F IRST ST AGE SET T ING
AND 1 PSIG PRESSU RE DROP. CAPACIT IES ARE IN 1 , 0 0 0 BT U PER HOU R.
ACR ( Re f r i g e r a t i o n )

T y p e

T y p e LT u b in g

No m i n a l

3 / 8-inch 1 / 2 -inch 5/ 8-inch 3 / 4-inch 7 / 8-inch 3 / 8-inch 1 / 2 -inch 5/ 8-inch 3 / 4-inch 7 / 8-inch

Ou t s i d e

(0 .3 7 5) (0 .50 0 ) (0 .6 2 5) (0 .7 50 ) (0 .87 5) (0 .50 0 ) (0 .6 2 5) (0 .7 50 ) (0 .87 5) (1 .0 0 0 )

In s i d e

0 .3 1 1

0 .43 6

0 .555

0 .6 8

0 .7 85

0 .43 0

0 .545

0 .6 6 6

0 .7 85

0 .9 0 6

Le n g t h ,
F e e t
3 0

2 9 9

7 2 6

1 ,3 6 7

2 ,3 2 9

3 ,3 9 4

3 0 9

7 0 0

1 ,3 0 3

2 ,2 0 5

3 ,3 9 4

4 0

2 56

6 2 1

1 ,1 7 0

1 ,9 9 3

2 ,9 0 4

2 6 5

59 9

1 ,1 1 5

1 ,887

2 ,9 0 4

5 0

2 2 7

551

1 ,0 3 7

1 ,7 6 6

2 ,57 4

2 3 5

53 1

9 88

1 ,6 7 2

2 ,57 4

6 0

2 0 6

49 9

9 3 9

1 ,6 0 0

2 ,3 3 2

2 1 3

481

89 6

1 ,51 5

2 ,3 3 2

7 0

1 89

459

86 4

1 ,47 2

2 ,1 46

1 9 6

443

82 4

1 ,3 9 4

2 ,1 46

8 0

1 7 6

42 7

80 4

1 ,3 7 0

1 ,9 9 6

1 82

41 2

7 6 7

1 ,2 9 7

1 ,9 9 6

9 0

1 6 5

40 1

7 54

1 ,2 85

1 ,87 3

1 7 1

3 86

7 1 9

1 ,2 1 7

1 ,87 3

1 0 0

1 56

3 7 8

7 1 3

1 ,2 1 4

1 ,7 6 9

1 6 1

3 6 5

6 7 9

1 ,1 49

1 ,7 6 9

1 5 0

1 2 5

3 0 4

57 2

9 7 5

1 ,42 1

1 3 0

2 9 3

546

9 2 3

1 ,42 1

2 0 0

1 0 7

2 6 0

49 0

83 4

1 ,2 1 6

1 1 1

2 51

46 7

7 9 0

1 ,2 1 6

2 5 0

9 5

2 3 0

43 4

7 3 9

1 ,0 7 8

9 0

2 2 2

41 4

7 0 0

1 ,0 7 8

3 0 0

86

2 0 9

3 9 3

6 7 0

9 7 6

89

2 0 1

3 7 5

6 3 4

9 7 6

3 5 0

7 9

1 9 2

3 6 2

6 1 6

89 8

82

1 85

3 45

584

89 8

4 0 0

7 4

1 7 9

3 3 7

57 3

83 6

7 6

1 7 2

3 2 1

543

83 6

4 5 0

6 9

1 6 8

3 1 6

53 8

7 84

7 1

1 6 2

3 0 1

50 9

7 84

5 0 0

6 5

1 58

2 9 8

50 8

7 41

6 8

1 53

2 84

481

7 41

6 0 0

59

1 44

2 7 0

46 0

6 7 1

6 1

1 3 8

2 58

43 6

6 7 1

7 0 0

54

1 3 2

2 49

42 4

6 1 7

56

1 2 7

2 3 7

40 1

6 1 7

8 0 0

51

1 2 3

2 3 1

3 9 4

57 4

52

1 1 8

2 2 1

3 7 3

57 4

9 0 0

48

1 1 5

2 1 7

3 7 0

53 9

49

1 1 1

2 0 7

3 50

53 9

1 ,0 0 0

54

1 0 9

2 0 5

3 49

50 9

46

1 0 5

1 9 5

3 3 1

50 9

1 ,5 0 0

3 6

87

1 6 5

2 81

40 9

3 7

84

1 57

2 6 6

40 9

2 ,0 0 0

3 1

7 5

1 41

2 40

3 50

3 2

7 2

1 3 4

2 2 7

3 50

ata ta en and re rinted from a le 15.1 h and 15.1

www.nfpa.org for the latest updates.

2 4

in

P 58, 2007 ed.

l ays chec

2 5

1 / 2 -i n c h CT S SDR
7 .0 0 (0 .4 4 5 )
7 6 2
6 53
57 8
52 4
482
448
42 1
3 9 7
3 52
3 1 9
2 9 4
2 7 3
2 56
2 42
2 3 0
2 1 9
2 0 2
1 88
1 7 6
1 6 6
1 51
1 3 9
1 2 9
1 2 1
1 1 4
9 2
7 9

ata ta en and re rinted from a le 15.1

Le n g t h o f Pi p e o r
T u b in g , F e e t
3 0
40
50
6 0
7 0
80
9 0
1 0 0
1 2 5
1 50
1 7 5
2 0 0
2 2 5
2 50
2 7 5
3 0 0
3 50
40 0
450
50 0
6 0 0
7 0 0
80 0
9 0 0
1 ,0 0 0
1 ,50 0
2 ,0 0 0

and 15.1 n in

l ays chec

1 / 2 -i n c h IPS SDR
9 .3 3 (0 .6 6 0 )
2 ,1 43
1 ,83 5
1 ,6 2 6
1 ,47 3
1 ,3 55
1 ,2 6 1
1 ,1 83
1 ,1 1 7
9 9 0
89 7
82 6
7 7 8
7 2 1
6 81
6 46
6 1 7
56 7
52 8
49 5
46 8
42 4
3 9 0
3 6 3
3 40
3 2 2
2 58
2 2 1

P 58, 2007 ed.

1 -i n c h CT S SDR
1 1 .0 0 (0 .9 2 7 )
5,2 2 5
4,47 2
3 ,9 6 4
3 ,59 1
3 ,3 0 4
3 ,0 7 4
2 ,884
2 ,7 2 4
2 ,41 4
2 ,1 88
2 ,0 1 3
1 ,87 2
1 ,7 57
1 ,6 59
1 ,57 6
1 ,50 3
1 ,3 83
1 ,2 87
1 ,2 0 7
1 ,1 40
1 ,0 3 3
9 51
884
83 0
7 84
6 2 9
53 9

1 -i n c h IPS SDR
1 1 .0 0 (1 .0 7 7 )
7 ,7 44
6 ,6 2 8
5,87 4
5,3 2 2
4,89 6
4,555
4,2 7 4
4,0 3 7
3 ,57 8
3 ,2 42
2 ,9 83
2 ,7 7 5
2 ,6 0 3
2 ,459
2 ,3 3 6
2 ,2 2 8
2 ,0 50
1 ,9 0 7
1 ,7 89
1 ,6 9 0
1 ,53 1
1 ,40 9
1 ,3 1 1
1 ,2 3 0
1 ,1 6 2
9 3 3
7 9 8
.nf a.or for the latest u dates.

3 / 4 -i n c h IPS SDR
1 1 .0 0 (0 .8 6 0 )
4,2 9 2
3 ,6 7 3
3 ,2 56
2 ,9 50
2 ,7 1 4
2 ,52 5
2 ,3 6 9
2 ,2 3 8
1 ,9 83
1 ,7 9 7
1 ,6 53
1 ,53 9
1 ,443
1 ,3 6 3
1 ,2 9 4
1 ,2 3 5
1 ,1 3 6
1 ,0 57
9 9 2
9 3 7
849
7 81
7 2 6
6 82
6 44
51 7
443

1 -1 / 4 -i n c h IPS SDR
1 0 .0 0 (1 .3 2 8 )
1 3 ,41 6
1 1 ,482
1 0 ,1 7 6
9 ,2 2 0
8,483
7 ,89 1
7 ,40 4
6 ,9 9 4
6 ,1 9 9
5,6 1 6
5,1 6 7
4,80 7
4,51 0
4,2 6 0
4,0 46
3 ,86 0
3 ,551
3 ,3 0 4
3 ,1 0 0
2 ,9 2 8
2 ,6 53
2 ,441
2 ,2 7 1
2 ,1 3 1
2 ,0 1 2
1 ,6 1 6
1 ,3 83

Pl a s t i c T u b i n g Si z e ( CT S) a n d Pi p e Si z e ( IPS) ( Di m e n s i o n s i n Pa r a n t h e s i s a r e In s i d e Di a m e t e r )

PER HOU R.

2 -i n c h IPS SDR
1 1 .0 0 (1 .9 4 3 )
3 6 ,40 2
3 1 ,1 55
2 7 ,6 1 2
2 5,0 1 9
2 3 ,0 1 7
2 1 ,41 3
2 0 ,0 9 1
1 8,9 7 8
1 6 ,82 0
1 5,2 40
1 4,0 2 0
1 3 ,0 43
1 2 ,2 3 8
1 1 ,56 0
1 0 ,9 7 9
1 0 ,47 4
9 ,6 3 6
8,9 6 5
8,41 1
7 ,9 45
7 ,1 9 9
6 ,6 2 3
6 ,7 6 1
5,7 81
5,46 1
4,3 85
3 ,7 53

MAX IMU M U NDILU T ED PROPANE CAPACIT IES BASED ON 1 0 PSIG F IRST ST AGE SET T ING AND 1 PSI PRESSU RE DROP. CAPACIT IES ARE IN 1 , 0 0 0 BT U

T a b l e 7 C. Po l y e t h y l e n e Pl a s t i c T u b e An d Pi p e Si z i n g Be t w e e n
F i r s t -St a g e An d Se c o n d -St a g e Re g u l a t o r s

2 6

T a b l e 8 A. Pi p e Si z i n g Be t w e e n Se c o n d -St a g e ( Lo w

1 9 8

2 9 2

46 5

3 2 0

3 7 3

41 2

1 56
l ays chec

6 0 0
544

P 58, 2007 ed.

1 82

2 0 1

2 2 7

2 6 5

7 6 4
6 7 7

83

40

3 7 2

3 3 0

9 85
89 2

ata ta en and re rinted from a le 15.1 c in

40 0

480

43 5

1 ,1 1 1

1 ,2 9 9

1 ,6 1 7

2 ,3 52

47 9

51 5

56 0

6 1 8

6 9 7

81 5

89 9

1 ,0 1 4

1 ,1 44

1 ,3 3 7

1 ,47 6

1 ,6 6 5

1 ,9 46

2 ,42 3

3 ,52 3

1 -1 / 2 NPT
( 1 . 6 1 -i n c h e s )

9 2 3

9 9 2

1 ,0 7 8

1 ,1 9 0

1 ,3 43

1 ,56 9

1 ,7 3 1

1 ,9 54

2 ,2 0 4

2 ,57 5

2 ,842

3 ,2 0 7

3 ,7 47

4,6 6 6

6 ,7 89

2 NPT
( 2 . 0 6 7 -i n c h e s )

.nf a.or for the latest u dates.

1 -1 / 4 NPT
( 1 . 3 8 -i n c h e s )

3 44

89

9 7

1 0 7

1 2 0

1 41

1 55

1 7 5

2 55

541

6 3 2

7 88

1 ,1 46

1 NPT
( 1 . 0 4 9 -i n c h e s )

1 6 7

46

43

3 0 0

3 50

58

51

2 0 0

2 50

7 4

6 7

1 2 5

1 50

9 4

84

80

1 0 0

2 3 1

1 2 2

1 1 0

50

6 0

3 3 6

2 87

1 6 1

1 3 7

3 0

41 8

6 0 8

3 / 4 NPT
( 0 . 8 2 4 -i n c h e s )

40

2 9 1

2 0 0

1 0

2 0

1 / 2 -i n c h NPT
( 0 . 6 2 2 -i n c h )

Pi p i n g Le n g t h ,
F e e t

Sc h e d u l e 4 0 Pi p e Si z e , i n c h e s ( Ac t u a l In s i d e Di a m e t e r , In c h e s )

2 ,6 0 0

2 ,7 9 5

3 ,0 3 8

3 ,3 53

3 ,7 83

4,42 0

4,87 8

5,50 4

6 ,2 1 1

7 ,2 56

8,0 0 9

9 ,0 3 6

1 0 ,558

1 3 ,1 48

1 9 ,1 3 0

3 NPT
( 3 . 0 6 8 -i n c h e s )

3 ,80 7

4,0 9 2

4,448

4,9 0 9

5,53 9

6 ,47 2

7 ,1 43

8,0 59

9 ,0 9 3

1 0 ,6 2 5

1 1 ,7 2 6

1 3 ,2 3 0

1 5,458

1 9 ,2 50

2 8,0 0 8

3 -1 / 2 NPT
( 3 . 5 4 8 -i n c h e s )

5,3 0 3

5,7 0 1

6 ,1 9 6

6 ,83 9

7 ,7 1 6

9 ,0 1 6

9 ,9 50

1 1 ,2 2 7

1 2 ,6 6 8

1 4,80 1

1 6 ,3 3 5

1 8,43 1

2 1 ,53 5

2 6 ,81 7

3 9 ,0 1 8

4 NPT
( 4 . 0 2 6 -i n c h e s )

PER HOU R.

Pr e s s u r e Re g u l a t o r ) An d Ap p l i a n c e

MAX IMU M U NDILU T ED PROPANE CAPACIT IES BASED ON 1 1 -INCHES W . C. SET T ING AND 0 . 5 -INCH W . C. PRESSU RE DROP. CAPACIT IES ARE IN 1 , 0 0 0 BT U

2 7

T a b l e 8 B. T u b e Si z i n g Be t w e e n Se c o n d -St a g e An d Ap p l i a n c e

1 5

1 4

1 2

1 1

8 0

1 0 0

1 2 5

1 5 0

2 0 0

1 6

1 7

1 8

2 0

2 3

2 6

2 9

3 3

3 7

43

48

54

6 3

7 9

1 1 5

ata ta en and re rinted from a le 15.1 l and 15.1

4 0 0

1 8

6 0

3 5 0

2 0

5 0

2 2

4 0

3 0 0

2 6

3 0

3 2

2 0

2 5 0

47

1 0

0 .4 3 6

0 .5 0 0

in

2 9

3 2

3 4

3 8

43

50

55

6 2

7 0

82

9 0

1 0 2

1 1 9

1 48

2 1 6

0 .5 5 5

50

54

58

6 4

7 3

85

9 4

1 0 6

1 1 9

1 3 9

1 54

1 7 4

2 0 3

2 53

3 6 8

0 .6 8

0 .7 5 0

3 / 4 -i n c h

P 58, 2007 ed.

0 .3 1 1

In s i d e

Le n g t h , F e e t

0 .3 7 5

Ou t s i d e

0 .6 2 5

5 / 8 -i n c h

3 / 8 -i n c h

No m i n a l

1 / 2 -i n c h

ACR ( Re f r i g e r a t i o n )

T y p e

l ays chec

7 3

7 8

85

9 4

1 0 6

1 2 4

1 3 7

1 54

1 7 4

2 0 3

2 2 4

2 53

2 9 6

3 6 8

53 6

0 .7 8 5

0 .8 7 5

7 / 8 -i n c h

7
7

1 5

1 6

1 8

1 9

2 2

2 6

2 8

3 2

3 6

42

46

52

6 1

7 6

1 1 0

0 .4 3 0

0 .5 0 0

1 / 2 -i n c h

.nf a.or for the latest u dates.

1 0

1 1

1 2

1 4

1 6

1 9

2 0

2 3

2 7

3 4

49

0 .3 1 5

0 .3 7 5

3 / 8 -i n c h

2 8

3 0

3 3

3 6

41

48

52

59

6 7

7 8

86

9 7

1 1 3

1 41

2 0 6

0 .5 4 5

0 .6 2 5

5 / 8 -i n c h

T y p e LT u b in g

47

51

55

6 1

6 9

80

89

1 0 0

1 1 3

1 3 2

1 46

1 6 4

1 9 2

2 3 9

3 48

0 .6 6 6

0 .7 5 0

3 / 4 -i n c h

MAX IMU M U NDILU T ED PROPANE CAPACIT IES BASED ON 1 1 -INCHES W . C. SET T ING AND 0 . 5 -INCH W . C. PRESSU RE DROP. CAPACIT IES ARE IN 1 , 0 0 0 BT U

7 3

7 8

85

9 4

1 0 6

1 2 4

1 3 7

1 54

1 7 4

2 0 3

2 2 4

2 53

2 9 6

3 6 8

53 5

0 .7 8 5

0 .8 7 5

7 / 8 -i n c h

PER HOU R.

2 8

4,0 9 7

6 2

2 -inch

3 4,2 0 3

1 5,1 7 4

7 ,1 2 8

4,7 2 0

1 ,7 3 5

2 5

2 1 ,6 80

9 ,549

4,56 4

2 ,9 54

2 ,56 0

1 ,3 84

1 ,1 2 0

7 0 1

59 1

3 47

2 6 2

3 0

1 9 ,80 1

8,7 0 8

4,1 7 6

2 ,6 9 2

2 ,3 3 1

1 ,2 6 6

1 ,0 2 7

6 40

540

3 1 6

2 3 8

4 0

1 7 ,1 59

7 ,52 9

3 ,6 3 1

2 ,3 2 3

2 ,0 1 2

1 ,1 0 0

89 6

554

46 9

2 7 1

2 0 3

5 0

1 5,3 57

6 ,7 2 6

3 ,2 58

2 ,0 7 2

1 ,7 9 4

9 86

80 6

49 6

42 0

2 43

1 81

7 5

1 2 ,551

5,480

2 ,6 7 5

1 ,6 85

1 ,457

80 9

6 6 3

40 6

3 44

1 9 6

1 47

8 0

1 2 ,1 54

5,3 0 3

2 ,6 0 1

1 ,6 2 9

1 ,41 0

7 6 8

6 43

3 9 3

3 3 3

1 89

1 40

1 0 ,87 7

4,7 3 8

2 ,3 2 5

1 ,454

1 ,2 56

7 0 3

57 8

3 50

2 9 8

1 6 9

1 2 4

1 0 0

8,89 0

3 ,86 0

1 ,9 0 8

1 ,1 82

1 ,0 2 1

57 5

47 7

2 87

2 45

1 3 7

1 0 1

1 5 0

7 ,7 0 5

3 ,3 3 7

1 ,6 58

1 ,0 1 9

880

50 1

41 5

2 48

2 1 3

1 1 8

86

2 0 0

6 ,89 5

2 ,9 81

1 ,487

9 1 0

7 85

448

3 7 3

2 2 2

1 9 1

1 0 5

7 7

2 5 0

6 ,2 9 6

2 ,7 1 9

1 ,3 6 3

82 9

7 1 6

41 1

3 43

2 0 3

1 7 3

9 6

6 9

3 0 0

5,457

2 ,3 51

1 ,1 6 3

7 1 6

6 1 6

3 55

2 9 8

1 7 5

1 51

82

6 0

4 0 0

4,883

2 ,1 0 1

1 ,0 2 7

6 3 8

550

3 1 9

2 6 8

1 58

1 3 5

7 2

53

5 0 0

Table does not include effect of pressure drop across the line regulator. W here regulator loss ex ceeds 1 / 2 psi (based on 1 3 -inch w.c. outlet pressure), do not use this table. Consult
ith re ulator manufacturer for ressure dro s and ca acity factors. Pressure dro s across a re ulator may vary ith o rate.
O
a acities sho n in ta le may e ceed
ma imum ca acity for a selected re ulator. onsult ith re ulator or tu in manufacturer for uidance.
a le includes losses for four 90-de ree ends and t o end fittin s. u in runs ith lar er num ers of end and or fittin s shall e increased y an e uivalent len th of tu in to
the follo in e uation L 1.3n here L is the additional len th ft of tu in and is the num er of additional fittin s and or ends.
uivalent ydraulic iameter - measure of the relative hydraulic efficiency et een different tu in si es. he reater the value of
, the reater the as ca acity of
the tubing.
ata ta en and re rinted from a le 15.1 m in
P 58, 2007 ed. l ays chec
.nf a.or for the latest u dates.

3 7

46

1 -1 / 4-inch

1 -1 / 2 -inch

3 0

3 1

----

----

1 -inch

2 ,1 6 8

2 3

2 5

3 / 4-inch

9 2 7

1 ,1 0 6

1 8

558

1 9

1 5

----

1 0

42 6

----

1 3

3 / 8-inch

1 / 2 -inch

EHD* * F LOW
DESIGNAT ION

CSST
T U BE
SIZ E

Ca p a c i t y Of CSST *

IN T HOU SANDS OF BT U / HOU R OF U NDILU T ED PROPANE AT A PRESSU RE OF 2 PSI

AND A PRESSU RE DROP OF 1 PSI ( BASED ON A 1 . 5 SPECIF IC GRAVIT Y GAS) .
T u b i n g Le n g t h , F e e t

T a b l e 9 A. Ma x i m u m

2 9

5,6 1 9

2 ,6 87

1 ,847

1 ,483

1 ,2 6 9

1 ,1 2 5

1 ,0 1 9

9 3 8

87 2

81 9

7 7 3

6 2 1

53 1

1 0

2 0

3 0

40

50

6 0

7 0

80

9 0

1 0 0

1 50

2 0 0

2 ,0 9 3

2 ,446

3 ,0 46

3 ,2 2 4

3 ,43 6

3 ,6 9 4

4,0 1 5

4,43 1

5,0 0 0

5,842

7 ,2 7 5

1 0 ,585

4,2 9 8

5,0 2 1

6 ,2 53

6 ,6 2 0

7 ,0 55

7 ,584

8,2 43

9 ,0 9 8

1 0 ,2 6 5

1 1 ,9 9 4

1 4,9 3 6

2 1 ,7 3 1

6 ,43 9

7 ,52 4

9 ,3 6 9

9 ,9 1 8

1 0 ,57 1

1 1 ,3 6 3

1 2 ,3 51

1 3 ,6 3 2

1 5,3 81

1 7 ,9 7 1

2 2 ,3 7 8

3 2 ,56 0

1 -1 / 2 NPT
( 1 . 6 1 -i n c h e s )

1 2 ,40 1

1 4,49 0

1 8,0 43

1 9 ,1 0 2

2 0 ,3 59

2 1 ,884

2 3 ,7 87

2 6 ,2 53

2 9 ,6 2 1

3 4,6 1 0

43 ,0 9 9

6 2 ,7 0 8

2 NPT
( 2 . 0 6 7 -i n c h e s )

.nf a.or for the latest u dates.

1 -1 / 4 NPT
( 1 . 3 8 -i n c h e s )

l ays chec

1 NPT
( 1 . 0 4 9 -i n c h e s )

D ata taken and reprinted from Table 1 5.1 (b) in NFPA 58, 2 0 0 7 ed.

1 ,1 1 1

1 ,2 9 8

1 ,6 1 7

1 ,7 1 2

1 ,82 4

1 ,9 6 1

2 ,1 3 1

2 ,3 52

2 ,6 54

3 ,1 0 1

3 ,86 2

3 / 4 NPT
( 0 . 8 2 4 -i n c h e s

1 / 2 -i n c h NPT
( 0 . 6 2 2 -i n c h )

Pi p i n g Le n g t h ,
F e e t

Sc h e d u l e 4 0 Pi p e Si z e , i n c h e s ( Ac t u a l In s i d e Di a m e t e r , In c h e s )

3 4,9 42

40 ,82 6

50 ,840

53 ,82 2

57 ,3 6 3

6 1 ,6 6 0

6 7 ,0 2 3

7 3 ,9 7 1

83 ,46 2

9 7 ,51 7

1 2 1 ,43 6

1 7 6 ,6 87

3 NPT
( 3 . 0 6 8 -i n c h e s )

51 ,1 6 0

59 ,7 7 6

7 4,43 7

7 8,80 3

83 ,9 88

9 0 ,2 80

9 8,1 3 2

1 0 8,3 0 5

1 2 2 ,2 0 1

1 42 ,7 80

1 7 7 ,80 0

2 58,6 9 6

3 -1 / 2 NPT
( 3 . 5 4 8 -i n c h e s )

7 1 ,2 7 0

83 ,2 7 2

1 0 3 ,6 9 7

1 0 9 ,7 7 9

1 1 7 ,0 0 2

1 2 5,7 6 7

1 3 6 ,7 0 6

1 50 ,87 7

1 7 0 ,2 3 6

1 9 8,9 0 4

2 47 ,6 9 0

3 6 0 ,3 85

4 NPT
( 4 . 0 2 6 -i n c h e s )

PER HOU R.

T a b l e 9 B. Pi p e Si z i n g Be t w e e n 2 PSI Re g u l a t o r An d Ap p l i a n c e Re g u l a t o r

MAX IMU M U NDILU T ED PROPANE CAPACIT IES BASED ON 2 PSI SET T ING AND 1 PSI PRESSU RE DROP. CAPACIT IES ARE IN 1 , 0 0 0 BT U

3 0
0 .87 5
0 .7 85

0 .7 50
0 .6 6 6

0 .6 2 5
0 .545

0 .43 0

0 .3 1 5

0 .7 85

0 .6 8

0 .555

0 .43 6

0 .3 1 1

In s i d e

3 ,3 83
2 ,7 1 6
2 ,3 2 5
2 ,0 6 1
1 ,86 7
1 ,59 8
1 ,41 6
1 ,2 55
1 ,1 3 7
9 7 3
86 3
7 82
7 1 9
6 6 9

2 ,1 9 8
1 ,7 6 5
1 ,51 1
1 ,3 3 9
1 ,2 1 3
1 ,0 3 8
9 2 0
81 6
7 3 9
6 3 2
56 0
50 8
46 7
43 5

1 ,2 9 9
1 ,0 43
89 3
7 9 1
7 1 7
6 1 4
544
482
43 7
3 7 4
3 3 1
3 0 0
2 7 6
2 57

6 9 8
56 0
47 9
42 5
3 85
3 3 0
2 9 2
2 59
2 3 5
2 0 1
1 7 8
1 6 1
1 48
1 3 8

3 0 8
2 48
2 1 2
1 88
1 7 0
1 46
1 2 9
1 1 4
1 0 4
89
7 9
7 1
6 6
6 1

3 ,3 83
2 ,7 1 6
2 ,3 2 5
2 ,0 6 1
1 ,86 7
1 ,59 8
1 ,41 6
1 ,2 55
1 ,1 3 7
9 7 3
86 3
7 82
7 1 9
6 6 9

2 ,3 2 1
1 ,86 4
1 ,59 5
1 ,41 4
1 ,2 81
1 ,0 9 6
9 7 2
86 1
7 80
6 6 8
59 2
53 6
49 3
459

1 ,3 6 2

1 ,0 9 4

9 3 6

83 0

7 52

6 44

57 0

50 6

458

3 9 2

3 47

3 1 5

2 9 0

2 6 9

7 2 3

581

49 7

441

3 9 9

3 42

3 0 3

2 6 8

2 43

2 0 8

1 84

1 6 7

1 54

1 43

2 9 8

2 3 9

2 0 5

1 82

1 6 5

1 41

1 2 5

1 1 1

1 0 0

86

7 6

6 9

6 3

59

2 0

3 0

4 0

5 0

6 0

8 0

1 0 0

1 2 5

1 5 0

2 0 0

2 5 0

3 0 0

3 5 0

4 0 0

D ata calculated from Formula in NFPA 54, 2 0 0 2 ed.

4,9 2 2
3 ,1 9 8

1 ,89 0

1 ,0 1 5

449

4,9 2 2

3 ,3 7 7

1 ,9 82

1 ,0 53

43 4

1 0

Le n g t h ,
F e e t

7 / 8-inch

3 / 4-inch

5/ 8-inch

0 .50 0

0 .3 7 5

0 .87 5

0 .7 50

0 .6 2 5

0 .50 0

0 .3 7 5

Ou t s i d e

T y p e KT u b in g
1 / 2 -inch

3 / 8-inch

7 / 8-inch

3 / 4-inch

5/ 8-inch

ACR ( Re f r i g e r a t i o n )

1 / 2 -inch

3 / 8-inch

No m i n a l

T y p e

T a b l e 1 0 . T u b e Si z i n g Be t w e e n Se c o n d -St a g e An d Ap p l i a n c e

MAX IMU M U NDILU T ED PROPANE CAPACIT IES BASED ON 2 PSI SET T ING AND 1 PSI PRESSU RE DROP. CAPACIT IES ARE IN 1 , 0 0 0 BT U PER HOU R.

3 1

7 44

6 2

2 -inch

Ca p a c i t y Of CSST *

6 ,547

2 ,83 0

1 ,41 5

86 3

3 55

4,6 3 8

1 ,9 9 3

9 7 1

6 0 5

52 1

3 0 3

2 54

1 50

1 2 9

6 9

50

1 0

3 ,7 9 1

1 ,6 2 3

7 7 5

49 0

42 2

2 48

2 0 8

1 2 1

1 0 4

55

3 9

1 5

3 ,2 85

1 ,40 4

6 6 1

42 5

3 6 5

2 1 6

1 83

1 0 6

9 1

49

3 4

2 0

2 ,9 40

1 ,2 54

583

3 7 9

3 2 5

1 9 2

1 6 4

9 4

82

42

3 0

2 5

2 ,6 84

1 ,1 43

52 8

3 44

2 9 7

1 7 7

1 51

87

7 4

3 9

2 8

3 0

2 ,3 2 7

9 88

449

2 9 7

2 56

1 53

1 3 1

7 4

6 4

3 3

2 3

4 0

2 ,0 82

884

3 9 7

2 6 5

2 2 7

1 3 7

1 1 8

6 6

58

3 0

2 0

5 0

1 ,9 0 2

80 5

3 59

2 41

2 0 7

1 2 6

1 0 7

6 0

53

2 6

1 9

6 0

1 ,7 6 1

7 45

3 3 0

2 2 2

1 9 1

1 1 7

9 9

57

49

2 5

1 7

7 0

T u b i n g Le n g t h , F e e t

1 ,554

6 56

3 0 7

2 0 8

1 7 8

1 0 9

9 4

52

45

2 3

1 5

8 0

1 ,554

6 56

2 86

1 9 7

1 6 9

1 0 2

9 0

50

44

2 2

1 5

9 0

1 ,47 5

6 2 1

2 7 0

1 86

1 59

9 8

85

47

41

2 0

1 4

1 0 0

1 ,2 0 5

50 6

2 1 7

1 43

1 2 3

7 5

6 6

3 6

3 1

1 5

1 1

1 5 0

1 ,0 45

43 8

1 83

1 2 9

1 1 2

6 9

6 0

3 3

2 8

1 4

2 0 0

9 3 4

3 9 0

1 6 3

1 1 7

9 9

6 1

53

3 0

2 5

1 2

2 5 0

854

3 57

1 47

1 0 7

9 0

57

50

2 6

2 3

1 1

3 0 0

a le includes losses for four 90 ends and t o end fittin s. u in runs ith lar er num ers of end and or fittin s shall e increased y an e uivalent len th of tu in to the follo in
e uation L 1.3n here L is the additional len th ft of tu in and is the num er of additional fittin s and or ends.
uivalent ydraulic iameter - measure of the relative hydraulic efficiency et een different tu in si es. he reater the value of
, the reater the as ca acity of
the tubing.
ata ta en and re rinted from a le 15.1 n in
P 58, 2007 ed. l ays chec
.nf a.or for the latest u dates.

3 7

46

1 -1 / 4-inch

1 -1 / 2 -inch

3 0

3 1

----

----

1 -inch

42 6

2 3

2 5

3 / 4-inch

1 81

2 1 1

1 8

9 9

1 9

1 5

----

7 2

----

1 3

3 / 8-inch

1 / 2 -inch

EHD* * F LOW
DESIGNAT ION

CSST
T U BE
SIZ E

T a b l e 1 1 . Ma x i m u m

IN T HOU SANDS OF BT U / HR OF U NDILU T ED PROPANE AT A PRESSU RE OF 1 1 -INCHES W . C. AND A PRESSU RE DROP OF 0 . 5 -INCH W . C.
( BASED ON A 1 . 5 SPECIF IC GRAVIT Y GAS) .

SELECT ING T HE REGU LAT OR

e ulator erformance curves sho the ca acity of a re ulator at
different inlet ressures, iven the factory settin for outlet ressure.
i ure 9 sho s a erformance curve for a isher brand SecondSta e e ulator. Gas o rate is lotted hori ontally and
re ulator outlet ressure vertically. he curved line re resents
an inlet pressure of 1 0 psig / 0 .6 9 bar. For the appliance to
o erate efficiently, the re ulator outlet ressure must not fall
below 9 -inch w.c. / 2 2 mbar.
E merson rates this particular regulator at the point the 1 0 psig
0. 9 ar inlet curve crosses the 9-inch .c. 22 m ar hori ontal
line. Thus, the literature would rate this regulator at 1 ,3 7 5,0 0 0 B TU/ hr
or more if the inlet ressure stays a ove 10 si 0. 9 ar.

W h a t y o u m u s t k n o w

to s e le c t a r e g u la to r :

1 . Appliance Load
2 . Pipe Size
3 . Inlet Pressure
4. O utlet Pressure
5. Gas Used (Propane/ B utane)
6 . Select From M anufacturer Catalog

3 2

OU T LET PRESSU RE
INCHES OF W AT ER COLU MN

3 3

1 0

1 1

1 2

1 3

CU F T / HR
BT U / HR

1 0 0
2 5 0 ,0 0 0
PROPANE F LOW

3 0 0
7 5 0 ,0 0 0
RAT E

4 0 0
1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0

Figure 9. Typical Capacity Curve

2 0 0
5 0 0 ,0 0 0

5 0 0
1 ,2 5 0 ,0 0 0

1 0 p s ig / 0 .6 9 b a r

6 0 0
1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0

REGU LAT OR SELECT ION

T Y PE OF REGU LAT OR
OR SERVICE

CAPACIT Y , BT U / HR

RECOMMENDED
F ISHER
REGU LAT OR

F i r s t -St a g e ( 1 )
(R educes tank pressure
to 1 0 psig or less)

1 ,1 0 0 ,0 0 0
2 ,40 0 ,0 0 0

122
22

Se c o n d -St a g e ( 2 )
educes first sta e
outlet pressure to
1 4-inch w.c. or less)

6 50 ,0 0 0
87 5,0 0 0 to 1 ,40 0 ,0 0 0
9 2 0 ,0 0 0
1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0

In t e g r a l T w o -St a g e ( 1 )
(Combines a high
pressure and a
2 nd stage regulator)

450 ,0 0 0
850 ,0 0 0

R 2 3 2
R 6 3 2

Hi g h Pr e s s u r e ( 3 )
(R educes tank pressure
to a lower pressure in
ex cess of 1 psig)

5,2 50 ,0 0 0
1 ,2 0 0 ,0 0 0
3 ,86 2 ,56 4

6 4
6 7 C
1 3 0 1 F

2 -p s i ( 2 ) Se r v i c e
(R educes 1 st stage
pressure to 2 psig)

1 ,6 80 ,0 0 0
1 ,50 0 ,0 0 0

R 6 2 2 E
R 6 52 E

1.
2.
3.

R 2
R 6
R 6
R 6

2 2
2 2
42
52

ased on 30 si inlet ressure and 20 droo .

ased on 10 si inlet ressure and 20 droo
ased on inlet ressure 20 si reater than outlet ressure ith 20

droo .

No t e : he ca acity
column should e used for
reference ur oses only. he ca acity ill vary de endin on
the i e si e, orifice si e and outlet ressure settin .

3 4

T W O-ST AGE REGU LAT ION

Ad v a n t a g e s o f T w o -St a g e Re g u l a t i o n
Uniform Appliance Pressure o-sta in lets the first-sta e
re ulator su ly a nearly constant inlet ressure to the secondstage regulator at the house. This means the second-stage
regulator has an easier time of maintaining appliance pressure
at 11-inch .c. 27 m ar, thus im rovin the system efficiency.
Lower Installation Costs - Smaller pipe or tubing can be used
et een the first and second-sta e re ulators due to the hi her
pressure, thus reducing installation and piping material costs.
Freeze ups o-sta e systems reduce ro lems due to
re ulator free eu s caused y e cessive ater in as. Lar er
orifices ma e it more difficult for ice to form and loc the assa e
area. he e ansion of as at t o different orifices in a t o-sta e
system reatly reduces the refri eration effect that causes
freezu ps. See Fisher Bu l l e t i n s LP-1 8 a n d LP-2 4 for more
detailed information on freezi ng regulators.
le i ility of nstallation - A high pressure regulator can feed a
number of low pressure regulators, thus enabling the addition of
appliances in the future to the same pressure line without affecting
there individual erformances.
Fewer Trouble Calls - ith t o-sta e re ulation, you can e ect
fe er trou le calls due to ilot outa e or urner ad ustment. his
means hi her a liance efficiency, lo er service costs and etter
customer relations.

3 5

REGU LAT OR INST ALLAT ION

F IRST -ST AGE
REGU LAT OR U SU ALLY
1 0 p s ig / 0 .6 9 b a r

SECOND-ST AGE REGU LAT OR

1 1 -INCHES W . C. / 2 7 m b a r

Figure 10. Two-Stage Regulation, One at Tank and One at

Building, Reduce Pressure Down to
Burner Pressure (11-inches w.c.)
t o-sta e re ulator system or an inte ral t o-sta e re ulator
shall e re uired on all fi ed i in systems that serve
a liance systems at 11-inch .c. 27 m ar. his includes . .,
manufactured housin and food service installations e ce tions
small portable appliances and outdoor cooking appliances with
input ratings of 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 B TU/ hr or less, certain gas distribution
systems utili in multi le second-sta e re ulators and systems
that rovide an e uivalent level of over ressure rotection .
This standard along with changes in UL 1 44 requiring increased
re ulator relief valve ca acity or an over rotection shutoff
device, results in the ma imum ressure do nstream of the
second-sta e re ulator ein limited to 2 si
0.14 ar even
with a regulator seat failure.
See F i s h e r Bu l l e t i n LP-1 5 for more detailed information on
registration operation, installation, and maintenance.

3 6

REGU LAT OR VENT S

R egulators should be installed in accordance with NFPA 58 and
any other a lica le re ulations, as ell as the manufacturer s
instructions. The following guidelines shall be followed:
O utdoor Installations - A regulator installed outdoors without a
rotective hood must have its vent ointed vertically do n, as
shown in the drawing.

VENT POINT ED DOW N

Figure 11. Vent Pointing Vertically Down

he re ulator should e at least 18-inch 457 mm a ove the
round. o not install the re ulator here there can e e cessive
ater accumulation or ice formation, such as directly eneath a
do ns out, utter or roof line. ll vent o enin s must e at least
three hori ontal feet in any uildin o enin and not less than five
feet in any direction from any source of i nition, o enin s into
direct vent a liances or mechanical ventilation inta es.
ori ontally mounted re ulators, such as on sin le cylinder
installations, must e installed underneath a rotective cover. On
ASM E tank installations with the regulator installed under the
tan dome, the re ulator vent should slo e sli htly do n enou h
to allo any condensation to drain from the s rin case. he
re ulator vent should e ositioned far enou h ac from the
tank dome slot so that it is protected from the weather. The hood
should be kept closed.
e ulators ithout dri li
rotective cover.

vents must e installed under a

3 7

REGU LAT OR VENT S ( Co n t i n u e d )

Indoor Installations - n a fi ed i e system, re ulators installed
indoors re uire a vent line to the outside air.
screened vent
assem ly isher rand
02 Series or e uivalent must e
used at the end of the vent line. he vent assem ly osition and
location recautions are the same as for re ulator vents. he vent
line must e the same si e as the re ulator vent and ade uately
supported. See Figure 1 2 .
VENT ASSEMBLY
T O APPLIANCE

VENT LINE

BASEMENT
VENT OPENING MU ST BE AT
LEAST 3 F EET / 0 . 9 1 m e t e r s
HORIZ ONT ALLY F ROM ANY
BU ILDING OPENING BELOW IT .

F ROM
F IRST -ST AGE
REGU LAT OR

Figure 12. Indoor Installation

Underground Tanks - vent tu e is re uired on these installations
to revent ater from enterin the re ulator s s rin case. he vent
tu e connects to the re ulator s s rin case. he vent tu e connects
to the re ulator vent and terminates a ove any ossi le ater level,
see i ure 13. e sure that the round slo es a ay from the tan
dome as illustrated.
GRADE GROU ND DOW NW ARD AND
SLOPING AW AY F ROM HOU SING
DOME. T HIS PREVENT S W AT ER
COLLECT ING AND RU NNING INT O OR
ST ANDING AROU ND HOU SING DOME.

END OF REGU LAT OR VENT

T U BE LOCAT ED AT T OP
INSIDE DOME COVER
2 -INCHES / 5 1 m m
MINIMU M

REGU LAT OR BONNET CLOSU RE

CAP MU ST BE T IGHT .
W AT ER MARK LEF T IN HOU SING DOME AT LEVEL ABOVE
REGU LAT OR VENT , OR END OF VENT T U BE REQ U IRES
REPLACEMENT OF REGU LAT OR,
T HEN CORRECT INST ALLAT ION.

Figure 13. Underground Tank

3 8

LEAK T EST ING MET HODS

here are t o rimary methods for testin lea s in installations

Lo w
1

Pr e s s u r e Me t h o d
ns ect all connections and a liance valves to e sure they
are ti ht or closed. his includes ilot valves.

2 ) Connect a low pressure gauge (Fisher rand y e 50P-2

or e uivalent to the urner orifice and o en the valve.
3 O en the service valve at the tan to ressure the system.
lose the service valve ti htly.
4) The low pressure gauge should read at least 1 1 -inch w.c.
27 m ar. Slo ly leed off ressure y o enin urner valve
on the a liance to vent enou h as to reduce the ressure
to e actly 9-inch .c. 22 m ar.
5) If the pressure remains at 9 -inch w.c. / 2 2 mbar for 3 minute
you can assume the system is lea ti ht. f the ressure
drops, refer to the leak detection procedures below.
6 ) After the leak is repaired, repeat steps 3 , 4, and 5.

Hi g h Pr e s s u r e Me t h o d
1

ns ect all connections and a liance valves to e sure they

are ti ht or closed. his includes ilot valves.

onnect a test loc

isher rand y e 00 or e uivalent
in the service valve outlet at the tan , et een the valve s
outlet and the first re ulator in the system .

3 O en the service valve at the tan to ressure the system.

lose the service valve ti htly.
4 O en an a liance valve until the test loc s ressure
gauge drops to 1 0 psig / 0 .6 9 bar.
5

he system should stand for 3 minutes ithout an increase

or decrease in the 1 0 psig / 0 .6 9 bar reading. If pressure
drops, refer to the leak detection procedure section. If
ressure increases, then the service valve is lea in .
fter any lea s are re aired, re eat ste s 2, 3, and 4.

3 9

LEAK T EST ING MET HODS

Le a k De t e c t i o n a n d Co r r e c t i o n Pr o c e d u r e s
1 ) Use a bubble leak detection solution, to mechanical leak
detector, never a match or an o en ame hen chec in
for leaks.
2

ly the solution over every i e or tu in oint and

o serve carefully to see if the u les e and, indicatin
a lea is resent.
lar e lea can lo the solution a ay
efore u le have a chance to form.

o correct a lea on arin tu in , first try to ti hten the

connection. f this does not or , re are.

4 On threaded i in , try ti htenin or redo in first. f the

leak continues, take the connection apart and inspect the
threads. ut ne thread if necessary.
5) If step 3 and 4 fail to correct the problem, look for sandholes
in the i e or fittin s and chec for s lits in the tu in .
e lace hatever material is defective.
No t e : Lea s caused y e ui ment such as as coc s,
a liances, valves, act., ill re uire re air of the faulty art or
re lacement of the entire device.

40

REGU LAT OR INSPECT ION

he follo in items should e chec ed at each as delivery and at
re ularly scheduled testin and maintenance ro ram intervals.
he customer should e instructed to turn off the tan service
valve if as can e smelled, ilot li hts fail to stay on, or any other
abnormal situation takes place.

Im p r o p e r In s t a l l a t i o n
he re ulator vent must e ointed do n or under a rotective
cover. e ulators ithout dri li vents i ure 14 must e under
a rotective cover. Pro er installation also minimi es eather
related vent loc a e and internal corrosion.

DRIP LIP

Figure 14. Drip Lip

Ve n t Bl o c k a g e
a e sure the re ulator vent, vent assem ly, or vent tu e is not
blocked with mud, insect nests, ice, snow, paint, etc. The screen
should e clean and ro erly installed.

In t e r n a l a n d Ex t e r n a l Co r r o s i o n
e lace any re ulator that has had ater in the s rin case to
sho s evidence of e ternal or internal corrosion. e ulators that
have een ooded or that have een installed hori ontally hich
minimiz es moisture drainage, or on underground tanks, or in
coastal areas are more susceptible to internal corrosion.
To inspect for internal corrosion:
1

emove the re ulator s closin ca and loo do n into the

s rin case a ashli ht may e needed .

2 On some re ulators it may e necessary to shut do n the

system and remove the ad ustin scre and main s rin to
ade uately see any internal corrosion.
41

REGU LAT OR INSPECT ION

In t e r n a l a n d Ex t e r n a l Co r r o s i o n ( Co n t i n u e d )
3 Loo for visi le corrosion or ater mar s on the relief valve
area and chimney shaded area in the icture elo .
4) R eplace the regulator if corrosion is present.

SHADED AREA INDICAT ES

SPOT T O EX AMINE F OR
INT ERNAL CORROSION.

Figure 15. Corrosion Area

Re g u l a t o r Ag e
Locate and re lace old re ulators.
00, 122 , 232, 222,
and S L Series re ulators have a recommended re lacement
life of 20 years.
ll other re ulators have a recommended
re lacement life of 15 years.
e lace re ulators that are over
the recommended re lacement life or that have e erienced
conditions corrosion, under round systems, oodin , etc. that
ould shorten their service life. Older re ulators are more li ely to
fail because of worn or corroded parts. R eplace with a two-stage
re ulator system.
e ulator dis
ear es ecially on older re ulators or forei n
material (dirt, pipe scale, etc.) lodged between the regulator
dis and orifice can cause hi her than normal outlet ressure
to the a liances at loc u or e tremely lo
o s.
ressure
test of the system ill e re uired to verify the outlet ressure
under these conditions. R eplace the regulator if pressure is high.
hec the system for forei n material and clean out or re lace
pigtails as needed.
l ays reset the system after re lacin a re ulator. See
F i s h e r Bu l l e t i n LP-3 2 and the instruction manual for more
detailed information on inspecting LP-Gas regulators.
42

T ROU BLESHOOT ING DOMEST IC

T ANK F IT T INGS
A periodic inspection and maintenance program is recommended
for domestic tan fittin s. he follo in
rie y discusses ays
to avoid and correct otential safety ro lems ith the most
common domestic fittin s.
more com lete e amination of this su ect can
PG Safety ulletin 30 .

e found in

F i l l e r Va l v e s
l ays use a fillin hose ada tor on the end of the hose end valve
durin the fillin rocess. fter fillin the tan , do not disconnect
the cme cou lin from the filler valve until the fill valve is closed
and all ressure et een the hose end valve and the fill valve
has een led off. f ressure dischar e continues, the filler valve
may have malfunctioned. o not remove the fill hose as the
internal arts may e lo n out. If light tapping does not close
the fill valve, disconnect the fillin hose ada tor from the hose end
valve, leavin the fillin hose ada tor on the fill valve. he tan
ill ro a ly have to e em tied to re lace the fill valve.
Some fill valve desi ns allo the seat dis to e re laced hile
the tank is pressuriz ed. O n these designs, make sure the
lo er ac chec is still functionin
y forcin o en the u er
ac chec
ith an ada tor.
a e care to dislod e only the
upper back check and not both back checks. If there is little
leakage with the upper back check open, then the lower back
chec is in lace and the dis can e re laced y follo in the
manufacturers instructions.

Re l i e f Va l v e s
o not stand over a relief valve hen tan ressure is hi h.
relief valve s ur ose is to relieve e cessive tan
ressure
hich can e caused y overfillin , im ro er ur in of air from
the container, overheatin of the tan , im ro er aint color, or
hi h va or ressure, to list ust a fe reasons. hec the tan
ressure au e if the relief valve is lea in .

43

T ROU BLESHOOT ING DOMEST IC

T ANK F IT T INGS
Re l i e f Va l v e s ( Co n t i n u e d )
O n a 2 50 psi / 1 7 .2 bar design pressure tank for ex ample, if the relief
valve is dischar in et een the 240 to 2 0 si 1 .5 to 17.9 ar
ran e, the relief valve is or in ro erly as lon as it reseats.
relief valve that dischar es su stantially elo 240 si 1 .5 ar
or that does not reseat when the tank pressure is lowered, will
have to e re laced. o not attem t to force the valve closed.
Lo er the tan
ressure y ithdra in
as or coolin the
outside of the tank.
l ays ee a rain ca on the relief valve to hel
debris, and moisture.

ee out dirt,

elief valves, li e other ieces of e ui ment, ill not last forever.

E merson recommends that a Fisher rand relief valves not
e used for over 15 years. arlier re lacement may e re uired
ecause of severe service conditions or a lica le federal, state,
or local codes.

Li q u i d W i t h d r a w a l Va l v e s
dama ed seat or missin internal arts may allo an e cessive
amount of liquid discharge when the closing cap is loosened. These
valves have a leed hole in the closin ca to vent li uid efore the
ca is com letely unscre ed. f a si nificant amount of the li uid
continues to vent from eneath the ca after 30 seconds, do not
remove the ca . Should only va or e lea in from under the ca ,
the connection to the ithdra al valve can usually e made.
here is the ossi ility of li uid s ray hile o enin the
ithdra al valve ith an an le valve-s ecial ada tor. or this
reason, rotective clothin should e orn and e treme care
taken throughout the entire process.

Se r v i c e Va l v e s
Sho the customer this valve and tell him to shut it off if as is
esca in into the house or any other a normal situation ta es
lace. hec the stem seal and shutoff seats eriodically for
lea a e and re lace them if necessary em ty the tan first .

44

Table 12. LP-Gas Orifice Capacities LP-Gases

( BT U / h r a t Se a Le v e l )
ORIF ICE OR
DRILL SIZ E

PROPANE

BU T ANE

ORIF ICE OR
DRILL SIZ E

PROPANE

BU T ANE

0 .0 0 8

51 9

589

51

3 6 ,53 1

41 ,41 4

0 .0 0 9

6 56

7 44

50

3 9 ,842

45,1 6 8

0 .0 1

81 2

9 2 1

49

43 ,3 6 1

49 ,1 57

0 .0 1 1

9 81

1 ,1 1 2

48

46 ,9 83

53 ,2 6 3

0 .0 1 2

1 ,1 6 9

1 ,3 2 6

47

50 ,0 88

56 ,7 83

80

1 ,480

1 ,6 7 8

46

53 ,2 9 6

6 0 ,42 0
6 1 ,9 44

7 9

1 ,7 0 8

1 ,9 3 6

45

54,6 41

7 8

2 ,0 80

2 ,3 58

44

6 0 2 ,2 2 9

6 8,2 80

7 7

2 ,6 2 9

2 ,9 80

43

6 4,3 6 9

7 2 ,9 7 3

7 6

3 ,2 49

3 ,6 84

42

7 1 ,0 9 5

80 ,59 9

7 5

2 ,581

4,0 59

41

7 4,9 2 4

84,9 40

7 4

4,1 1 9

4,6 6 9

40

7 8,0 2 9

88,459

7 3

4,6 7 8

5,3 0 3

3 9

80 ,51 3

9 1 ,2 1 5

7 2

5,0 81

5,7 6 0

3 8

83 ,7 2 1

9 4,9 1 2

7 1

5,49 5

6 ,2 3 0

3 7

87 ,86 0

9 9 ,6 0 5

7 0

6 ,3 7 5

7 ,2 2 7

3 6

9 2 ,2 0 7

1 0 4,53 2

6 9

6 ,9 3 4

7 ,86 0

3 5

9 8,3 1 2

1 1 1 ,454

6 8

7 ,81 3

8,858

3 4

1 0 0 ,1 7 5

1 1 3 ,56 6

6 7

8,3 2 0

9 ,43 3

3 3

1 0 3 ,7 9 7

1 1 7 ,6 7 2

6 6

8,848

1 0 ,0 3 1

3 2

1 0 9 ,3 85

1 2 4,0 0 7

6 5

9 ,9 55

1 1 ,2 86

3 1

1 1 7 ,0 43

1 3 2 ,6 89

6 4

1 0 ,53 5

1 1 ,9 43

3 0

1 3 4,1 1 9

1 52 ,0 46

6 3

1 1 ,1 2 5

1 2 ,6 1 2

2 9

1 50 ,3 6 6

1 7 0 ,46 6

6 2

1 1 ,7 3 5

1 3 ,3 0 4

2 8

1 6 0 ,3 0 1

1 81 ,7 2 8

6 1

1 2 ,3 6 7

1 4,0 2 0

2 7

1 6 8,580

1 9 1 ,1 1 4

6 0

1 3 ,0 0 8

1 4,7 47

2 6

1 7 5,6 1 7

1 9 9 ,0 9 2

59

1 3 ,6 6 0

1 5,846

2 5

1 81 ,6 1 9

2 0 5,89 6

58

1 4,3 3 3

1 6 ,2 49

2 4

1 87 ,82 8

2 1 2 ,9 3 5

57

1 5,0 2 6

1 7 ,0 3 5

2 3

1 9 2 ,7 9 6

2 1 8,56 7

56

1 7 ,57 2

1 9 ,9 2 1

2 2

2 0 0 ,3 50

2 2 7 ,1 3 1

55

2 1 ,9 3 9

2 4,87 2

2 1

2 0 5,52 5

2 3 2 ,9 9 7

54

2 4,6 3 0

2 7 ,9 2 2

2 0

2 1 0 ,6 9 9

2 3 8,86 3

53

2 8,7 6 9

3 2 ,6 1 5

1 9

2 2 3 ,9 45

2 53 ,880

52

3 2 ,80 5

3 7 ,1 9 0

2 3 3 ,46 6

2 6 4,6 7 3

R eprinted from Table F.2 in NFPA 54, 2 0 0 2 ed.

1 8
l ays chec

.nf a.or for the latest u dates.

PROPANE

BU T ANE

B TU per cubic foot

2 ,51 6

3 ,2 80

S ecific Gravity

1 .52

2 .0 1

Pressure at Orifice, nches

Orifice

oefficient

.c.

1 1

1 1

0 .9

0 .9

45

46

1 .5

1 .2

1 .0

2 0 0

3 0 0

40 0

2 .2

1 .8

1 0 0

1 50

2 .4

2 .3

80

9 0

2 .8

2 .6

6 0

7 0

3 .5

3 .1

40

50

5.0

4.1

2 0

3 0

0 .7

0 .9

1 .1

1 .2

1 .5

1 .6

1 .7

1 .8

2 .0

2 .2

2 .5

2 .9

3 .5

4.1

5.0

7 .1

5.8

1 0

8 0

4 0

1 / 2 -i n c h

1 5

Pi p i n g
Le n g t h ,
F e e t

2 .2

2 .6

3 .2

3 .7

4.6

4.8

5.2

5.5

6 .0

6 .6

7 .4

8.5

1 0 .5

1 2 .2

8 0

1 .7

1 .9

2 .4

2 .8

3 .5

3 .7

3 .9

4.2

4.5

5.0

5.6

6 .5

8.0

9 .2

1 1 .3

3 / 4 -i n c h

1 5.0

4 0

T a b l e 1 3 . Li n e Si z i n g Ch a r t F o r Li q u i d Pr o p a n e In GPM

4.2

4.9

6 .1

7 .1

8.7

9 .2

9 .8

1 0 .5

1 1 .3

1 2 .5

1 4.0

1 6 .2

1 9 .9

2 3 .0

2 8.3

4 0

1 -i n c h

3 .8

3 .8

4.8

5.5

6 .8

7 .2

7 .7

8.2

8.9

9 .8

1 1 .0

1 2 .7

1 5.6

1 8.1

2 2 .2

8 0

8.8

1 0 .2

1 2 .6

1 4.6

1 8.0

1 9 .0

2 0 .2

2 1 .6

2 3 .4

2 5.7

2 8.8

3 3 .4

41 .0

47 .5

58

4 0

7 .1

8.3

1 0 .3

1 1 .9

1 4.7

1 5.5

1 6 .5

1 7 .7

1 9 .1

2 1 .0

2 3 .5

2 7 .3

3 3 .5

3 8.8

47 .6

8 0

1 -1 / 4 -i n c h

1 3 .2

1 5.3

1 8.9

2 2 .0

2 7 .1

2 8.6

3 0 .4

3 2 .5

3 5.2

3 6 .3

43 .3

50 .1

6 2

7 1

87

4 0

1 0 .9

1 2 .7

1 5.7

1 8.2

2 2 .5

2 3 .7

2 5.2

2 7 .0

2 9 .2

3 2 .1

3 5.9

41 .6

51

59

7 3

8 0

1 -1 / 2 -i n c h

2 5.6

2 9 .7

3 6 .7

42 .5

52

55

59

6 3

6 8

7 5

84

9 7

1 1 9

1 3 7

1 6 9

4 0

2 -i n c h

2 1 .6

2 5.1

3 1 .0

3 5.9

44.2

46 .7

49 .6

53

57

6 3

7 1

82

1 0 0

1 1 6

1 43

8 0

40 .9

47 .5

59

6 8

84

88

9 4

1 0 0

1 0 9

1 1 9

1 3 3

1 54

1 89

2 1 9

2 6 9

4 0

3 4.8

40 .4

49 .9

58

7 1

7 5

80

85

9 2

1 0 1

1 1 4

1 3 1

1 6 1

1 87

2 2 9

8 0

2 -1 / 2 -i n c h

BASED ON 1 PSIG PRESSU RE DROP. PROPANE AT 6 0 F . BASED ON SCHEDU LE 4 0 / 8 0 ST EEL/ IRON PIPE

7 3

84

1 0 4

1 2 0

1 48

1 56

1 6 6

1 7 7

1 9 2

2 1 1

2 3 6

2 83

3 3 5

3 87

47 5

4 0

3 -i n c h

6 6

7 3

89

1 0 4

1 2 8

1 3 5

1 43

1 53

1 6 6

1 82

2 0 3

2 3 5

2 89

3 3 4

41 0

8 0

1 49

1 7 2

2 1 2

2 46

3 0 2

3 1 9

3 3 8

3 6 2

3 9 1

42 9

481

556

6 82

7 89

9 6 7

4 0

4 -i n c h

1 3 0

1 51

1 85

2 1 5

2 6 4

2 7 9

2 9 6

3 1 7

3 43

3 7 6

42 1

486

59 7

6 9 0

846

8 0

CONVERSION F ACT ORS

Mu l t i p l y

By

T o Ob t a i n

0 .0 3 9 4
3 .2 80 8
0 .1 550
1 0 .7 6 4

Inches
Feet
Sq. Inches
Sq. Feet

Cubic M eters
Liters
Gallons
Cubic cm.
Liters
Liters
K ilograms
Tonnes

3 5.3
0 .0 3
0 .1 3
0 .0 6
2 .1 1
0 .2 6
2 .2 0
1 .1 0

Cubic Feet
Cubic Feet
Cubic Feet
Cubic Inches
Pints (US)
Gallons (US)
Pounds
Tons (US)

PRESSU RE AND F LOW

RAT E

M illibars
O unces/ sq. in.
Inches w.c.
B ars
K ilopascals
K ilograms/ sq. cm.
Pounds/ sq. in.
Liters/ hr.
Cubic M eters/ hr.

0 .40 1 8
1 .7 3 3
0 .0 3 6 1
1 4.50
0 .1 450
1 4.2 2 2
0 .0 6 8
0 .0 3 53
4.40 3

Inches w.c.
Inches w.c.
Pounds/ sq. in.
Pounds/ sq. in.
Pounds/ sq. in.
Pounds/ sq. in.
Atmospheres
Cubic Feet/ hr.
Gallons/ min.

0 .9 47 8
3 .9 6 8
3 .41 4
0 .0 0 0 0 1
0 .0 0 9 48

B TU
B TU

LENGT H AND AREA

M illimeters
M eters
Sq. Centimeters
Sq. M eters
VOLU ME AND MASS
1 5
53
3 7
1
4
42
46
2 4

MISCELLANEOU S
ilo oules
Calories, kg
W atts
B TU
e a oules

Therms
Therms

47

CONVERSION F ACT ORS

Mu l t i p l y

By

T o Ob t a i n

2 5.4
0 .3 0 48
6 .451 6
0 .0 9 2 9

M illimeters
M eters
Sq. Centimeters
Sq. M eters

Cubic Feet
Cubic Feet
Cubic Feet
Cubic Inches
Pints (US)
Gallons (US)
Pounds
Tons (US)

0 .0 2 83
2 8.3 1 6
7 .481
1 6 .3 87
0 .47 3
3 .7 85
0 .453 5
0 .9 0 7 1

Cubic M eters
Liters
Gallons
Cubic cm.
Liters
Liters
K ilograms
Tonnes

PRESSU RE AND F LOW

RAT E

Inches w.c.
Inches w.c.
Pounds/ sq. in.
Pounds/ sq. in.
Pounds/ sq. in.
Pounds/ sq. in.
Atmospheres
Cubic Feet/ hr.
Gallons/ min.

2 .488
0 .57 7
2 7 .7 1
0 .0 6 89
6 .89 5
0 .0 7 0 3
1 4.6 9 6
2 8.3 1 6
0 .2 2 7 1

M illibars
O unces/ sq. in.
Inches w.c.
B ars
K ilopascals
K ilograms/ sq. cm.
Pounds/ sq. in.
Liters/ hr.
Cubic M eters/ hr.

1 .0 55
0 .2 52
0 .2 9 3
1 0 0 ,0 0 0
1 0 5.5

ilo oules
Calories, kg
W atts
B TU
e a oules

LENGT H AND AREA

Inches
Feet
Sq. Inches
Sq. Feet
VOLU ME AND MASS

MISCELLANEOU S
B TU
B TU
Therms
Therms

48

F LOW EQ U IVALENT S AND

T EMPERAT U RE CONVERSION
T a b le 1 4 . F lo w

Eq u i v a l e n t s

o convert o ca acities of one ind of as to o

a different kind of gas

ca acities of
MU LT IPLY
BY :

f you have a o
, etc. in
and ant to no
o ca acity of

ca acity
LG S
e uivalent

Propane:
B utane:
Air:

0 .6 3
0 .55
0 .7 7

Propane:
Natural Gas:
Air:

1 .1 5
1 .83
1 .42

ant to

Propane:
B utane:
Natural Gas:

0 .81
0 .7 1
1 .2 9

f you have P OP
and
ant to no e uivalent o
ca acity of

B utane:
Natural Gas:
Air:

0 .87
1 .59
1 .2 3

f you have
and
to no e uivalent o
ca acity of
f you have
and
no e uivalent o
ca acity of

ant

T a b l e 1 5 . T e m p e r a t u r e Co n v e r s i o n
F

-40

-40

3 0

-1 .1

9 0

3 2 .2

-3 0

-3 4.4

3 2

1 0 0

3 7 .8

-2 0

-2 8.9

40

4.4

1 1 0

43 .3

-1 0

-2 3 .3

50

1 0 .0

1 2 0

48.9

-1 7 .8

6 0

1 5.6

1 3 0

54.4

1 0

-1 2 .2

7 0

2 1 .1

1 40

6 0 .0

2 0

-6 .7

80

2 6 .7

1 50

6 5.6

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