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PROCEDURE FOR CHANGING BUTANE TO PROPANE TANK :

CASE : 1 / Changing all tanks to C3.
Consider initially with 3no tanks propane and 1 tank to Butane and we want to change all tanks to propane.
OBJECTIVE : BUTANE SHALL BE DUMPED AND GAS CHANGE THE TANK TO PROPANE.
INITIALLY : C3 In No 2,3 & 4 tanks and C4 in No.4 tank.
FINALLY : C3 in No 1,2,3&4 tanks.
PROCEDURE: STEP: 1 . SPARGING AND WARMING
STEP.2 . GAS EXCHANGE
STEP.3 . COOLING THE TANK
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. SPARGING AND WARMING

Connect a hose to the liquid manifols on either side and line up the valves acoordingly with the
intention of dumping the vapour from No.3 tank.
Set No.1 & 2 compressors on hot gas mode.Use 2nos compressers for a sinle tank for sparging
and heating .
Draw C4 vapors from No.3 tank to the compressures No.1 & 2 and return the hot gases to the
same tank by the hot gasline.
this will heat up the liquid , generate vapor and build up pressor.
When the pressure reaches to 0.02bars, open the liquid manifold valve by 25% and release the gas
till the pressure reaches to 0.12bars.
Continue to do this until the tank is empty by the sounding.
There after monitor the wall temperatures. The bottom wall shall reach to 10 OC.
. GAS EXCHANGE
Start sparging propane an a propane tank , let us say in No.4 tank.
After building up the pressre in side the No.4 tank open the vapor line valve to No.3 tank. This
causes the propane vapors from No.4 tank to enter the No.3 from the top.
The propane entering the No.3 tank from top will displace the Butane vapors downwards. The
Butane vapor will be forced to leave the No.3 tank through the liquid line and get dumped
overboard.
The above gas exchange is not a continuous process. We will have to build up the pressure in No.4
tank and when there is a pressure diffrence about 0.05bars between No.3 and No.4 tanks, then only
the vapour vale to the No.3 tank shall be opened.
Through out the this gassing operation the Propane / Butane shall be checked at vatoius heights at
regular intervals using the TOCAMETER.
Once the Propane is detected at the lowest level then check at the sampling point on the liquid
line. Once propane is detected in the liquid line also check at the at the manifold.
Stop dumping after detecting Propane at the manifold.
. COOLING THE TANK
Start cooling the No.3 tank.
Use top spray for uniform cooling.
Do not exceed the cooling rate by 15 OC/hr.
After cooling the No.3 tank transfer the required quantity of the coolent from other tanks , by
using the hot gas line.