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Gas tanker

Post by dewintondave » Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:11 am

Tired with carting around my gas cylinder on the flatbed truck (it fell off the other day in a small derailment :oops: ) I found that a 220g gas cylinder fits inside our standard 80mm rainwater downpipe. So today I rushed out and bought some end caps to start the project
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Re: Gas tanker

Post by tom_tom_go » Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:31 am

Or just use coal Dave :mrgreen:

Looking forward to seeing how you achieve this.

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Re: Gas tanker

Post by dewintondave » Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:49 am

tom_tom_go wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:31 am Or just use coal Dave :mrgreen:
Never! 8)
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Re: Gas tanker

Post by dewintondave » Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:28 pm

Butane is my new "universal fuel", I've got 2 gas-fired locos now

During loco testing in the spring, I found low gas pressure a problem so placed the canister in a warm water bath, the cylinder has a 40 dg C max pressure, although it is designed to be used inside a single-burner stove :D

220g gas canisters are approx max 69mm diameter. The downpipe is approx 76mm ID. There's enough gap for a water bath, especially with an upper and lower vertical centre projection.

There can be a drain tap for the water and another valve for gas flow

Here's the current set-up on the flatbed
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These are the downpipe endcaps, the canister fits inside
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Here's the logging truck set-up that could be used for the Gas tanker
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Dave

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