Gas Chlorine Cylinder Withdrawal Rate
Whether a gas chlorine container can physically deliver the feed rate.
Example
You enter
- Required chlorine feed (lb/day) 100
- Container type cylinder
- Chlorine room temperature (°F) 70
You get
- Per-container ceiling 40
- Containers to manifold 3
Details, formula, and sources
a 150-lb cylinder tops out near 40 lb/day and a 1-ton container near 400 lb/day at ~70 F, derated in a colder room. Pull gas faster and the container frosts over and the rate collapses -- a latent-heat ceiling no bigger regulator beats. Returns the containers to manifold and a frost warning.
per_container = base(type) x temperature-derate (base ~40 lb/day cylinder, ~400 lb/day ton at ~70 F); containers = ceil(feed_rate / per_container).
Gas chlorine container withdrawal rate (The Chlorine Institute; state operator training), by name.
The withdrawal-rate ceilings are published Chlorine Institute guidance; the manufacturer's container chart governs the exact rate.
Estimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
Field names used by the API: feed_rate_lb_day, container_type, room_temp_f, per_container_lb_day, containers
- Withdrawal ceilings ~40 lb/day (150-lb cylinder) and ~400 lb/day (1-ton) at ~70 F, derated below (linear from the -29 F boiling point here)The Chlorine Institute
- Latent-heat limit over-withdrawal frosts the container as vaporization cools the liquid and drops its vapor pressure; manifold or evaporateThe Chlorine Institute