Nui nā keu pono o nā ipukukui uila propane, e laʻa me ka maʻalahi, hoʻemi ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu a me nā mālama kālā.
ʻO nā pou o ʻaneʻane nā kahua kūkulu nā huahana e hoʻomālamalama i ka wahi. He māmā pono ka ipukukui mea paahana no kēlā me kēia papahana e koi ai i nā luina e hana ma mua o ka wanaʻao a ma hope paha o ka pō. ʻOiai paha he mea i manaʻo ʻia ma ka pūnaewele ʻoihana, ke koho ʻana i ka hale kukui pono e koi ai i kekahi mau manaʻo e hoʻonui i ka hopena.
Ke koho ʻana i kahi kumu mana no ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana ma ka pūnaewele, he mea nui e noʻonoʻo i kahi kumu ikehu hiki ke kōkua i nā limahana e hana i ka hapa nui o kā lākou lā hana, hāʻawi i kahi ʻoihana olakino olakino, a hoʻokō i nā hoʻolālā papahana.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻo ka diesel kahi kumu mana maʻamau no nā hale kukui, a hāʻawi ʻia ka propane i nā ʻoihana kūkulu me nā keu pono he nui, e like me ka maʻalahi, hoʻemi ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, a me nā mālama kālā.
Hoʻololi nui nā wahi hana, no laila e pono ai i nā loea kūkulu hana ka ikehu i hiki ke lawe a maʻalahi hoʻi. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, lawe ʻia ka propane a maʻalahi hoʻi ma waena o ka ʻāina, kahi mea pono no nā wahi i pili ʻole i kahi pono a i ʻole aia i nā wahi kahi hiki ʻole i ke kinoea kūlohelohe. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ʻo Propane ma ka pūnaewele a hāʻawi ʻia paha e kahi mea hoʻolako propane kūloko, no laila aia mau ka ikaika ma laila ke makemake ka luina iā ia.
I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, loaʻa koke ka propane i kahi kumu ikehu, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu i koho ʻia ai ʻo propane e like me ka wahie hoʻihoʻi no ka hale kia olapa lā o ka Universal Power Products. Hiki i ka hāmeʻa ke lawe i ʻelua 33.5 lbs. Kūpono nā paukū propane no nā wahi noho, kālepa a me nā ʻoihana. Pono wale ka ipukukui i ka hola programmable ʻehiku lā, koi ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe mālama, haʻahaʻa ka wahie, a hiki ke hana me ka mālama ʻole ʻia.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā polokalamu Propane-Powered ke hāʻawi i nā kukui no ka pūnaewele wale nō, akā hāʻawi pū kekahi i ka hana pono no ka poʻe limahana a ʻoiai i ka ua, pulu a me ke anuanu. Hoʻohui ʻia, hiki i ka propane ke hoʻolako i kahi wahie no nā luina no ka mea hiki iā ia ke mana i nā ʻano hana hana he nui. Hoʻohana mau ka Propane i nā mea hoʻomehana ma ka pūnaewele, nā mīkini hana halihali lawe lima, trolleys, hāpai ʻana i ka ʻūpā, nā pā kīkaha uila, nā wili pōhaku a me nā polishers.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ua hoʻohana ākea ka ʻoihana hana i nā pono hana diesel ma nā wahi kūkulu, kahi i hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka manaʻo o nā mea kākoʻo palekana olakino i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. I mea e kū ai i nā rula o ke kaiapuni, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka ea no nā lālā o ka luina a hōʻemi i ka haumia ea o ke kūlanakauhale, keʻimi nei nā lālā o ka luina i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe, pili i ke kaiapuni no kā lākou lako pono kūkulu hale.
ʻO Propane kahi kumu ikehu kalapona haʻahaʻa. I loko o kahi ākea o nā noi kahua, hana ia me ka nui o ka liʻiliʻi o ke kinoea hoʻomehana honua, nitrogen oxide (NOx) a me ka sulfur oxide (SOx) ma mua o ka diesel, gasolina a me ka uila. ʻO Propane kahi wahie ʻē aʻe i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia i ʻae ʻia ma lalo o ka Clean Air Act o 1990. Wahi a Dave McAllister, hope pelekikena o ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana, ʻo ke ʻano pilikino o propane kahi kumu ʻē aʻe i koho ai ʻo Magnum Power Products iā ia ma ke ʻano he wahie kope no kona hale kiaʻi kukui hapalua lā.
Helu helu, 85% o nā papahana kūkulu i ʻoi aku i ka waihona kālā. Me kēia e noʻonoʻo nei, he mea nui ia e hōʻemi a mālama ka poʻe limahana i nā kumukūʻai ma ka hiki ke hiki. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pono hana propane ke kōkua i ka poʻe holina e mālama i nā kumukūʻai mālama a me ka wahie.
ʻO kahi laʻana, mālama ʻia nā hale kiaʻi kūkā lā nui i nā kumukūʻai hana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā hiʻohiʻona diesel. Inā ʻoe e hana 7 mau lā i ka pule a hana 10 mau hola i ka lā, e hoʻopau ka hāmeʻa ma kahi o US $ 16 i kēlā me kēia pule o ka propane, ʻoiai ʻo ka diesel he US $ 122-e mālama nei a hiki i US $ 5,800 i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Hāʻawi ʻo Propane i kahi poʻe lawelawe me kahi hopena lōʻihi i ka hoʻololi o ke kumu kūʻai o nā wahie kuʻuna e like me ka penehine a me ka diesel, no ka mea he huahana ia o ka ʻaila kūlohelohe a me ka aila, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka propane ma waena o nā kumukūʻai o nā wahie ʻelua. Hoʻohui ʻia, hana ʻia ka hapa nui o nā lako propane i hoʻohana ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ʻAmelika Hema, a ʻoiai inā e loli ka mākeke wahie o ka honua, hiki ke hoʻomau i nā kumukūʻai. Ma ke kau inoa ʻana i kahi ʻaelike wahie me kahi mea hoʻolako propane kūloko, hiki i nā luina ke pale aku iā lākou iho mai nā hoʻololi o ka mākeke.
ʻO Matt McDonald ka luna o ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana ʻē aʻe no ka Propane Education and Research Council. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kāhea iā ia ma matt.mcdonald@propane.com.