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Methane has a much lower boiling point (-182 C) than propane (-42 C), so liquefying methane (and keeping it liquid) is substantially harder.
by surrealize 14y ago
Methane has a much lower boiling point (-182 C) than propane (-42 C), so liquefying methane (and keeping it liquid) is substantially harder.
- sliverstorm 14y agoCan you not simply roughly double the pressure you store it at? Or is LPG already stored at borderline risky pressures.
- DaniFong 14y agoVapor pressure is exponentially related to temperature; you really need to keep it cold.
- surrealize 14y agoIf you really want to produce a liquid transportation fuel from methane, the usual approach is F-T synthesis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Tropsch_process http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Tropsch_process Generally, it hasn't been very economical to do so, although I wonder what the numbers are now that we've got so much natural gas production in the US.