Victor Acetylene Safety
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- The most widely used fuel gas is acetylene, There are some important tips and rules when using this gas to ensure your safety. Watch this video to learn all about acetylene safety!
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For all fellow welders and cutters. Let's just think for a moment that Acetylene is so finicky they wont even use it for rocket fuel, and back in the day they used to use some of the nastiest and ferocious chemicals for fueling rockets and spent alot of money trying too tame Acetylene. Keep that in mind. This stuff isn't a joke.
And they're letting a bunch of highschoolers use it 😂 I'm one of them btw
Neat video, but once would've been enough.
One safety film I saw years ago explained that a man make his own cylinder out of an 8 inch pipe to use as an acetylene cylinder. He left the inside completely empty. He went many places trying to get some one to fill it with acetylene. Finally some one filled it with compressed acetylene way above 30 psi. On the way home it exploded killing him and his wife in their pick up truck!
I am honestly shocked that they tried that hard to use something other than a actual acetylene tank and that there was someone who actually filled it. For how reactive it is I can't believe they tried to cut corners like that when the whole design of those tanks is made to try and prevent that. We're they not warned by everyone that they went to prior that that is no way to store any gas, specifically those that are that unstable?
Wow
Local shop had a acetylene tank catch fire. Workers took it outside, let it burn all day, all safe. Farmer had big propane tank catch fire, fire men hosed water onto tank, 4 people dead.
Nope
Real nice info but would be good to include why you're not supposed to do those things....
Nice repeat
One thing I have always wondered about was if the 1/7 rule applies to the 10 cubic ft tanks. They are sold in kits that have tips that greatly exceed the 1/7 rule. In the Coast Guard we had emergency cutting backpacks that had 10 cf ft tanks that would run the tank out in an hour or two at the most. I have used them above the 1/7 rule and nothing bad happened...so what's the deal?
I think I once drew to fast from a 60 cu ft tank and I got some popping in the flame, is that a symptom of drawing to fast?
Steve M. good question.
Over drawing a cylinder can cause liquid acetone to be drawn out. Not only will it make a big mess and a lot of soot, it can lead to open voids inside the cylinder allowing acetylene gas to accumulate under high pressure. Pure acetylene gas above 15 psi can spontaneously detonate.
SMOBY44. liquid, what. The video just said it goes into the PORES of the cylinder, don't how that means you can withdraw LIQUID acetone.
Yes, the acetone fills all of the pores in the cylinder material. The acetylene is dissolved in the acetone just like CO2 in soda. You draw off too much acetylene at once and you will begin to carry liquid acetone over with the acetylene gas. Pretty simple physics on this one. And, if you are wondering, I have experienced this three different times with a 10cf cylinder.
When you experienced it what happened?
Why does acetylene not explode in the pump and pipe when being pumped into the cylinder? It is not dissolved at that point and is at very high pressure.
What is the procedure for filling a small tank of acetylene from a large tank ?
What special equipment is needed and what safety precautions need to be taken ?
How to check there is the proper amount of acetone in the destination tank ?
thanks !
The procedure for filling your own acetylene cylinder is you take your cylinder to the welding shop you got it from and have them send it to a qualified acetylene refilling plant and not do that yourself. unless you really like exploding as a qualified acetylene requalification worker who is currently employed in a acetylene fill plant Do not try that yourself you can not safely add the right amount of acetone into the cylinder or know how much is needed we have computer scales that determine exactly the amount of acetone the cylinder needs based off of weight pressure temperature and humidity you can not safely determine that so don't try it too little acetone and it won't stabilize the gas and can make it explode inside the cylinder too much and when you fill it you can overpressurize the cylinder and make it explode also you can not safely determine how much acetylene is in your cylinder without one of our scales I Repeat unless you have a death wish DO NOT attempt to fill your own cylinders have a nice day and be safe acetylene is a safe gas as long as you treat it with respect and take it to people who know what they are doing
This is never to be done and illegal to do.
What happens when you exceed the withdrawal rate?
It go BOOM!
If you excced the withdrawal rate you'll start to suck the acetone out of the cylinder and start shooting it out of you torch making it run poorly the porous mass in the acetylene cylinders are designed to try and hold onto the acetone and release the gas but it can only do so much eventually you'll start ejecting the acetone from the cylinder nothing dangerous per se but not good either if you have this happen stop give it a break and let the cylinder settle back down the acetone will settle back down to the bottom of the cylinder and it'll be fine to use again
After using 1/7 of the volume. How long should you let the acetylene cylinder sit before it's safe to use again? I have a 10 cubic acetylene cylinder.
this guy works for snap on too
Is the withdrowal rate a total amount for a cylinder or just at one time during use? They said per hour so I assume that means during one time of use. So how do you keep track of how much you have used?
1/7 of the cylinder volume per hour. you use a tip chart, it will tell you what pressures to set your gauges at for the tip you are using, and it will tell you the consumption of fuel per hour
Why don't the manufacturers make valves that automatically limit to 15 lbs?
Same reason your car is not limited to 70 mph
QUESTION: I know it would be unsafe to do so, and there would be no reason to do so, but what would happen if you were to crack open an acetylene canister and light the air coming directly out of the canister? Would it instantly blow up the entire canister or would it just ignite the pressurize acetylene coming out and create a flame (somewhat similar to a torch before you turn on the oxygen)?
ANSWER: KAABOOOMM!
Actually I have no idea, try and let us know! I’m curious too. Jk don’t try it.
@@Spoderman5000 I'm a writer making a scene where someone does this then drops it from a tall height, landing on the nozzle as a sort of improvised explosive and I was trying to determine if this is entirely unrealistic or not. However, since I've had so much difficulty finding an answer, I've decided that most people would not know the answer either, so it should be believable enough.
If you broke the valve off it the tank would immediately explode
As far as i know just a flame. We had a small leak on our valve and get i done using the torch and see a little flame. Turned the gas off, smacked it with a rag and was good
@@quadnation485 Damn that's scary lol. I can't say how I would have reacted in the same situation. My welding professor was once cutting with an oxy-acetylene torch and a red hot piece of metal landed right on top of the hose and caught it on fire. He simply kicked it off and stomped out the flame, then turned off the torch.
Well … wait .. the cylinder volume is not 280 cubic feet, no way , you mean , I think , the cubic feet of acetylene
stored in the cylinder ?
Cubic feet of ‘cuft’ is defined as the the amount of gas in one cubic foot at 14.7 PSI (1 atm) and room temperature, it’s not the volume of the cylinder it’s the amount of gas inside of it
Little OTP. In my opinion. I have used a bottle from full to empty to cut and braze until it was easy never had an issue. Thats stupid if im hearing it right
Yeah, he misspoke, one guy did say 1/7 "PER HOUR" but it's not clearly stated.
It's 1/7 per hour not 1/7 of the tank.