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The pressure vessel is a seamless cylinder normally made of cold-extruded aluminum or forged steel. [5] Filament wound composite cylinders are used in fire fighting breathing apparatus and oxygen first aid equipment because of their low weight, but are rarely used for diving, due to their high positive buoyancy.
The fuel capacity is 150 US gal (570 L; 120 imp gal), giving the AGS a projected range of 300 mi (480 km) at a cruising speed of 25 mph (40 km/h). [147] The General Electric hydromechanical HMPT-500 transmission is also used by the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. [6] [148] The transmission has three forward speeds and one reverse. [6]
The vehicle involved in the accident was a 1986 Mack Econodyne tractor towing a 10,450-US-gallon (39,600 L) steel tank manufactured in 1964, loaded with 9,511 US gallons (36,000 L) of pressurized liquified propane.
Typically, LPG tank trucks carry up to 3,499 US gallons (13,250 L; 2,914 imp gal) of product (usually liquid propane), on a 2-axle bobtail truck. 3,500 US gallons and greater requires a 3-axle truck (tank wagon).
On 14 December 2021, a fuel tank truck exploded in the Samari neighborhood of Cap-Haïtien, [170] the capital city of the Haitian department of Nord. At least 90 people were killed and more than 120 were injured; many people were injured as a result of rushing towards the tanker, likely to collect some of its cargo, before the explosion occurred.
BLEVE–fireball, 2008 Toronto propane explosion The following is a list of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) accidents. It shows whether the accident occurred during dangerous goods transportation or at a fixed facility, the accident origin (e.g., storage, process reactor, rail tank car, tank truck), the material involved, its amount, the number of fatalities, and whether a ...