Limiting oxygen concentration
Limiting oxygen concentration
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Hi
I have a question. I am working on a project where I need to find out what sort of inert gas is best to use.
I have a mixture of ethanol and air and in order to avoid an explosion it is important to determine limiting oxygen concentration. I have found data when using nitrogen as inert gas but I am more lenient to use carbon dioxide but I have not much information regarding the limiting oxygen concentration when using carbon dioxide.
can you guys help me ?
I have a question. I am working on a project where I need to find out what sort of inert gas is best to use.
I have a mixture of ethanol and air and in order to avoid an explosion it is important to determine limiting oxygen concentration. I have found data when using nitrogen as inert gas but I am more lenient to use carbon dioxide but I have not much information regarding the limiting oxygen concentration when using carbon dioxide.
can you guys help me ?





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What's the application? For marine applications (tankers, FPSO's) the classification society has a upper oxygen content level on 8% (normal practice is to use 5% O2 maxi). Below 11% is considered inert. They do not differ between N2 or CO as inert gas regarding LOC.
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Cheers
Luis
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Nitrogen is not absolutely non-reactive, but it is the culprit in fewer problems.
David
RE: Limiting oxygen concentration
thread798-33615 may shed some light.
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