Our Duragas machines can handle any gas, on request. Types of gases handled are shown below.
Hydrocarbon (organic) gases and gas mixtures typically handled by our customers include:
Category of Hydrocarbon | Examples |
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Alcohols (vapours) | methanol / methyl alcohol; ethanol / ethyl alcohol; propanol / propyl alcohol |
Alkanals/Aldehydes | methanal/formaldehyde |
Alkanes (gases) | C1 = methane; C2 = ethane; C3 = propane; C4 = butane. |
Alkanes (vapours) | C5 = pentane; C6 = hexane, cyclohexane; C7 = heptane; C8 = octane; C10 = decane; C20 = icosane/eiocosane |
Alkenes | ethene/ethylene; propene/propylene; butene/butylene |
Alkynes | ethyne/acetylene |
Arenes/Aromatics | BTX/BTEX (benzene, toluene, xylenes: m-xylene, o-xylene, p-xylene) |
Carboxylic Acids (vapours) | ethanoic acid / acetic acid |
Diols/Glycols (vapours) | ethane-1,2-diol / ethylene glycol; propane-1,2-diol / propylene glycol |
Fuel Gases | coke oven gas, landfill gas, natural gas (known as "LNG" when liquefied), petroleum gas (known as "LPG" when liquefied) |
Haloalkanes | tetrafluoroethane (Freon 134a / HFC-134a / R-134a) |
Monomers | acrylonitrile vapour, methyl ethanoate / methyl acetate vapour, vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) |
Non-hydrocarbon (inorganic) gases typically handled by our customers include: