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2. Fuel container - Wikipedia

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   Various fuel cans in Germany, including red plastic containers and green metal jerrycans. One US gallon (3.79 litres) of gas in an F-style can A group of 25 kg (55 lb) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders in Malta. A fuel container is a container such as a steel can, bottle, drum, etc. for transporting, storing, and dispensing various fuels.

3. Drum (container) - Wikipedia

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   Steel drums used as shipping containers for chemicals and other liquids. A 200-litre drum (known as a 55-gallon drum in the United States and a 44-gallon drum in the United Kingdom and the rest of the world) is a cylindrical container with a nominal capacity of 200 litres (55 US or 44 imp gal). The exact capacity varies by manufacturer, purpose ...

4. Gas holder - Wikipedia

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   30,000 m 3 (1,100,000 cu ft) blast furnace gas holder at Rautaruukki Steel in Finland. A gas holder or gasholder, also known as a gasometer, is a large container in which natural gas or town gas (coal gas or formerly also water gas) is stored near atmospheric pressure at ambient temperatures. The volume of the container follows the quantity of ...

5. Jerrycan - Wikipedia

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   At the beginning of the Second World War the British Army was equipped with two simple fuel containers: the 2-imperial-gallon (9.1 L; 2.4 US gal) container made of pressed steel, and the 4-imperial-gallon (18 L; 4.8 US gal) container made from tin plate. The 2-gallon containers were relatively strong, but were expensive to produce. Manufactured ...

6. Horton sphere - Wikipedia

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   A Horton sphere (sometimes spelled Hortonsphere), also referred to as a spherical tank or simply sphere, is a spherical pressure vessel, which is used for industrial-scale storage of liquefied gases. Example of materials that can be stored in Horton spheres are liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), and anhydrous ammonia. [1]

7. Natural gas storage - Wikipedia

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   This rule is intended to stimulate the development of new gas storage facility in the ultimate goal of reducing natural gas price volatility. Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher observed: "Since 1988, natural gas demand in the United States has risen 24 percent. Over the same period, gas storage capacity has increased only 1.4 percent.