Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018
sec.72Prescribed quality for fuel gas
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sec.72 Prescribed quality for fuel gas
For section 620 (1) of the Act , the prescribed quality is— for LPG used for heating—the quality required to comply with— the requirement that the average mole content of propylene in the fuel gas at the point of odourisation, calculated each day, must not be more than 50%; and AS 4670 ‘Commercial propane and commercial butane for heating purposes’; and for processed natural gas—the quality required to comply with AS 4564 ‘Specification for general purpose natural gas’; and for hydrogen—the quality required to comply with— AS ISO 19880.8 ‘Gaseous hydrogen, Fuelling stations, Part 8 : Fuel quality control’; or SAE J2719 ‘Hydrogen fuel quality for fuel cell vehicles’. In this section— average mole content , of propylene in fuel gas, means the sum of the daily percentage measurements of the mole content of propylene in the fuel gas made for each day in the 90-day period ending on the day the calculation is made, divided by 90. s 72 amd 2023 SL No. 102 s 5 (sec.72-ssec.1) For section 620 (1) of the Act , the prescribed quality is— for LPG used for heating—the quality required to comply with— the requirement that the average mole content of propylene in the fuel gas at the point of odourisation, calculated each day, must not be more than 50%; and AS 4670 ‘Commercial propane and commercial butane for heating purposes’; and for processed natural gas—the quality required to comply with AS 4564 ‘Specification for general purpose natural gas’; and for hydrogen—the quality required to comply with— AS ISO 19880.8 ‘Gaseous hydrogen, Fuelling stations, Part 8 : Fuel quality control’; or SAE J2719 ‘Hydrogen fuel quality for fuel cell vehicles’. (sec.72-ssec.2) In this section— average mole content , of propylene in fuel gas, means the sum of the daily percentage measurements of the mole content of propylene in the fuel gas made for each day in the 90-day period ending on the day the calculation is made, divided by 90.
- (a) for LPG used for heating—the quality required to comply with— (i) the requirement that the average mole content of propylene in the fuel gas at the point of odourisation, calculated each day, must not be more than 50%; and (ii) AS 4670 ‘Commercial propane and commercial butane for heating purposes’; and
- (i) the requirement that the average mole content of propylene in the fuel gas at the point of odourisation, calculated each day, must not be more than 50%; and
- (ii) AS 4670 ‘Commercial propane and commercial butane for heating purposes’; and
- (b) for processed natural gas—the quality required to comply with AS 4564 ‘Specification for general purpose natural gas’; and
- (c) for hydrogen—the quality required to comply with— (i) AS ISO 19880.8 ‘Gaseous hydrogen, Fuelling stations, Part 8 : Fuel quality control’; or (ii) SAE J2719 ‘Hydrogen fuel quality for fuel cell vehicles’.