Some topics from the original thread are extensive and deserve their own space. When researching gas torches on this forum I saw threads on acetylene, propane, acetylene/propane, petrogen, and other gases that would fall into one of these three categories. Discussions about all three systems could not be found in one location. If this discussion was buried within the original thread, no one be able to benefit from it. Information on propane and liquid oxygen was discussed in the Watertank thread, but if you were just searching propane/oxygen torches you would not have found it.
Therefore this thread was started to discuss this topic, share personal opinions/experiences, and to allow the comparison of my research with the thoughts of others. The goal is to create a complete library of advantages and disadvantages of the different gas torch options. Please chime in.
Motivation for this thread came from research on petrogen torches, something being considered for the power plant. Research highlighted two companies in China (Taiwan and Beijing), one in India, and one in the U.S. (Petrogen.Inc) that produce systems that operate on gasoline. I would like to know if others exist.
These torches have been used in the Chinese and Russian oil fields for decades and now used by the U.S. military and fire departments throughout the nation. Time to light the torches.
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