Standard Specification for Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gases

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1.1 This specification covers those products commonly referred to as liquefied petroleum gases.  
1.2 This specification is applicable to products intended for use as domestic, commercial, industrial, and engine fuels.  
1.3 This specification is for use in formulating specifications for required properties of liquefied petroleum gases at the time of delivery in bulk.

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An American National Standard
Designation: D 1835 – 97
Standard Specification for
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Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gases
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 1835; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (ϵ) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D 2784 Test Method for Sulfur in Liquefied Petroleum
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Gases (Oxy-Hydrogen Burner or Lamp)
1.1 This specification covers those products commonly
D 3700 PracticeforContainingHydrocarbonFluidSamples
referred to as liquefied petroleum gases.
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Using a Floating Piston Cylinder
1.2 This specification is applicable to products intended for
2.2 Other Document:
use as domestic, commercial, industrial, and engine fuels.
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GPA Standard 2140
1.3 Thisspecificationisforuseinformulatingspecifications
for required properties of liquefied petroleum gases at the time
3. Types
of delivery in bulk.
3.1 Four basic types of liquefied petroleum gases are pro-
2. Referenced Documents vided to cover the common use applications, as follows:
3.1.1 CommercialPropane—Ahydrocarbonproductforuse
2.1 ASTM Standards:
where high volatility is required. Commercial propane is
D 1265 Practice for Sampling Liquefied Petroleum (LP)
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suitable for certain low severity internal combustion engine
Gases (Manual Method)
applications.
D 1267 Test Method for Gage Vapor Pressure of Liquefied
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3.1.2 Commercial Butane—A hydrocarbon product for use
Petroleum (LP) Gases (LP-Gas Method)
where low volatility is required.
D 1657 Test Method for Density or Relative Density of
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3.1.3 Commercial PB Mixtures—Mixtures of propane and
Light Hydrocarbons by Pressure Thermohydrometer
butane for use where intermediate volatility is required.
D 1837 Test Method for Volatility of Liquefied Petroleum
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3.1.4 Special-Duty Propane—A high-quality product com-
(LP) Gases
posed chiefly of propane, which exhibits superior antiknock
D 1838 Test Method for Copper Strip Corrosion by Lique-
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characteristics when used as an internal combustion engine
fied Petroleum (LP) Gases
fuel.
D 2158 Test Method for Residues in Liquefied Petroleum
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(LP) Gases
4. Detail Requirements
D 2163 Test Method for Analysis of Liquefied Petroleum
4.1 The four types of liquefied petroleum gases shall con-
(LP) Gases and Propene Concentrates by Gas Chromatog-
2 form to the requirements prescribed in Table 1.
raphy
D 2420 Test Method for Hydrogen Sulfide in Liquefied
5. Sampling
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Petroleum (LP) Gases (Lead Acetate Method)
5.1 Proper sampling of liquefied gases is extremely impor-
D 2598 Practice for Calculation of Certain Physical Prop-
tant if the tests are to be significant. Obtain samples for
erties of Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gases from Composi-
2 compositional analysis in accordance with Practice
tional Analysis
D 3700D 3700. Samples for other required tests should be
D 2713 Test Method for Dryness of Propane (Valve Freeze
2 obtained in accordance with Practice D 1265D 1265.
Method)
6. Keywords
6.1 butane; liquefied petroleum (LP) gases specifications;
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-2 on
propane
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
D02.H on Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
Current edition approved Nov. 10, 1997. Published June 1998. Originally
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published as D1835 – 61 T. Last previous edition D1835 – 91. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.02.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.01. Available from Gas Processors Assn., 6526 E. 60th St., Tulsa, OK 74145.
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D 1835 – 97
TABLE 1 Detail Requirements for Liquefied Petroleum Gases
Product Designation
Commercial Commercial Commercial Special-Duty ASTM Test Methods
A
Propane Butane PB Mixtures Propane (see Section 2)
B
Vapor pressure at 100°F (37.8°C), max, psig 208 70 208 D 1267 or
C
kPa 1434 483 1434 D 2598
Volatile residue:
evaporated temperature, 95 %, max, °F −37 36 36 −37
°C −38.3 2.2 2.2 −38.3 D 1837
or
butane and heavier, max, vol % 2.5 . . 2.5 D 2163
pentane and heavier, max, vol % . 2.0 2.0 . D 2163
Propylene content, max, vol % . . . 5.0 D 2163
Residual matter:
residue on evaporation 100 mL, max, mL 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 D 2158
D D D D
oil stain observation pass pass pass pass D 2158
EEE
Relative density at 60/ . D 1657 or
60°F (15.6/15.6°C) D 2598
F
Corrosion, copper, strip No. 1 No. 1 No. 1 No.
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