CO2 in horizontal position

[aquaSynthesis]

Hi all..
has anyone actually placed their CO2 cylinders in a horizontal position? Does it actually make any difference at all?

[Shadow]

will the liquid CO2 coming out instead of gas CO2? or it will boil so fast that it does not matter

[David Moses Heng]

i tried that recently. Placed my 5 liters lying down and the damage was a burnt solenoid. Have to travel all the way back to ah pek to change one...

[aquaSynthesis]

i tried that recently. Placed my 5 liters lying down and the damage was a burnt solenoid. Have to travel all the way back to ah pek to change one...

Solenoid burnt? hhhmmm...wat could have caused it?

[David Moses Heng]

Solenoid burnt? hhhmmm...wat could have caused it?

i suspect water but i don't know from where... now the Robert mention something about liquid.... who know... Any experts here can shed some light here?

[Shadow]

I was thinking because inside is CO2 in liquid form but not sure if liquid CO2 conductive.

[Salphur]

Hi,
i guess CO2 in liquid form, under pressure in the tank can be rather 'corrosive'.(not the correct word though) or on the merit of it being a liquid will be a strong reason to spoil your solenoid regulator.

Once my CO2 tank was leaking near one of the joints in the early morning, as i was about to sleep and as i don't want accidents to happen, i removed my regulator and turn it up to let more gas escape. To my amusement, the 'neck' of the CO2 tank froze with ice with the outrushing CO2 gas and the body became cold and 'perspired' a lot.

The end result was the outlet was badly burnt from frost bite. To think about it, i wondered if CO2 can be rather acidic.

Cheers!

[ronang]

Hi,
i guess CO2 in liquid form, under pressure in the tank can be rather 'corrosive'.(not the correct word though) or on the merit of it being a liquid will be a strong reason to spoil your solenoid regulator.

Once my CO2 tank was leaking near one of the joints in the early morning, as i was about to sleep and as i don't want accidents to happen, i removed my regulator and turn it up to let more gas escape. To my amusement, the 'neck' of the CO2 tank froze with ice with the outrushing CO2 gas and the body became cold and 'perspired' a lot.

The end result was the outlet was badly burnt from frost bite. To think about it, i wondered if CO2 can be rather acidic.

Cheers!

The reason that the tank froze is that heat is used up to evaporate the liquid CO2 to gas. The same a boiling water. CO2 just boils at a much lower temperature. It remains as a liquid in the cylinder only because of pressurization. CO2 is not corrosive, only when combined with water that it becomes Carbonic Acid and that can be corrosive. We will not be able to use Aluminum cylinders if it was acidic by itself.