LPG is today an alternative and ecological fuel energy for automotive. Conventional LPG tanks show their limits and the development of new LPG tanks faces some difficulties: small and complicated shapes in the vehicles are available to store LPG tanks and the weight of conventional LPG tanks remains high. Based on a new LPG concept patented by Giat Industries, Ugine&ALZ proposed the usage of a high strength stainless steel. This new concept is based on internal reinforcing wells and on the use of high-strength stainless steel. Therefore the tank can have various shapes exactly adapted to the available space in the vehicle. As a consequence the space in the vehicle is optimised. Moreover using high-strength stainless steel enables to reduce the weight of the tank considerably. This article describes this new LPG tank concept and its main advantages: LPG storage capacity, lightness, burst pressure resistance, crash resistance…


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Stainless Steel in LPG Tanks Application


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE 2004 World Congress & Exhibition ; 2004



    Publication date :

    2004-03-08




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Stainless Steel in LPG Tanks Application

    Petitpas, E. / Roulet, N. / Santacreu, P.-O. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2004


    Stainless steel in lpg tanks application

    Petitpas,E. / Roulet,N. / Santacreu,P. et al. | Automotive engineering | 2004


    Stainless steel marine transportation tanks

    Smith, T. | Tema Archive | 1985


    Stainless steel marine transportation tanks

    Smith, T. | Tema Archive | 1985


    Stainless steel an option for corrosion-free tanks

    British Library Online Contents | 2010