LPG

TO CALCULATE
THE WEIGHT OF
LPG VAPOURS
Introduction
The LPG vapour calculation
is quite simple and the
formula is based on the
following laws:
Gay Lussac’s Law:
The density of a gas at
standard temperature and
pressure is proportional to
its molecular weight.
Charles’s Law:
 The volume of a given mass of gas is
directly proportional to the absolute
temperature, provided the pressure remains
constant. If the formula is transposed, it
can be deduced that the density of a given
mass of gas varies inversely with the
absolute temperature provided the pressure
remains constant.
Boyle’s Law:
The volume of a given mass of
gas is inversely proportional to its
pressure, provided the temperature
remains constant (or density
varies with the absolute pressure,
provided the temprature remains
constant).
 1/22,400 is half the density of hydrogen
(H2) which gives the theoretical density of
1 cubic meter of H (as opposed to H2) –
the simplest and lightest atom.
Written for a fixed temperature, the
individual effects of these laws are;

Gay Lussac’s Law = Density varies with molecular

weight of the vapour.
Charle’s Law = Density varies inversely with
absloute temperature.
Boyle’s Law = Density varies with absloute
temperature.
1/22,400 = A constant
The conclusion derived from the three laws
can be combined to give the formula for
Vapour Density as;

273/273+Tvap x1.033+Pvap/1.033 x Mol. Wt/22,414

Vap. Mass = Vap. Volume x Vap. Density

Vap. Weight = Vap. Mass x *W.C.F. (T-56)

*W.C.F. = Weight Correction Factor for conversion of Mass

into Weight (M/Tons in Air)