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Propane Butane Mixture - Evaporation Pressure

Evaporation pressure of propane butane mixture vs. temperature.

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It is common to distribute a mixture of propane (C₃H₈) and butane (C₄H₁₀) (LPG) for combustion purposes.

Propane is more suited to colder environments since it evaporates at -44^oF (-42^oC) at atmospheric pressure. Butane evaporates at 33^oF (0.6 ^oC) at atmospheric pressure.

Vapor pressures for mixtures of the two products relative to atmospheric pressure (gauge pressure) are indicated below.

Vapor Pressure (psig) Load Calculator!
Liquid Mixture	Propane (C₃H₈) (%)	100	70	50	30	0
Liquid Mixture	Butane (C₄H₁₀) (%)	0	30	50	70	100
Temperature (^oF) Load Calculator!	-44	0	0	0	0	0
	-30	6.8	0	0	0	0
	-20	11.5	4.7	0	0	0
	-10	17.5	9	3.5	0	0
	0	24.5	15	7.6	2.3	0
	10	34	20.5	12.3	5.9	0
	20	42	28	17.8	10.2	0
	30	53	36.5	24.5	15.4	0
	40	65	46	32.4	21.5	3.1
	50	78	56	41	28.5	6.9
	60	93	68	50	36.5	11.5
	70	110	82	61	45	17
	80	128	96	74	54	23
	90	150	114	88	66	30
	100	177	134	104	79	38
	110	204	158	122	93	47

1 psi (lb/in²) = 144 psf (lb_f/ft²) = 6894.8 Pa (N/m²) = 6.895x10^-3 N/mm² = 6.895x10^-2 bar

Note that the evaporation temperature is not the only parameter that influences on evaporation of the propane butane mixture. Evaporation requires heat and if the heat transferred to the liquid gas is limited - the liquid cools down and the evaporation is reduced.

Larger consumers requires heat exchangers fueled with hot water, electric heater or combustion of the propane butane mix itself to supply the evaporation heat.
Smaller consumers requires propane butane mix containers with efficient heat transfer from the surroundings. By example - composite containers provides less heat transfer compared to steel containers and may cause problems at lower surroundings temperatures.

Propane Butane Mix Vapor Diagram - psig

Propane Butane Mix Vapor Diagram - bar

Butane Vapor Pressure (abs)

Temperature (^oC) Load Calculator!	Vapor Pressure (bar abs) Load Calculator!
-101.5	0.0013
-77.8	0.013
-59.1	0.053
-44.2	0.13
-16.3	0.53
-0.5	1.01
18.8	2.03
50.0	5.07
79.5	10.1
116	20.3

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