How To Identify Original 50kg Gas Cylinder Bottles In Nigeria

Most common brand of 50kg cylinder bottles in Nigeria are Flogas, Calor Gas and Supergas. These gas cylinder bottles are UK-made products, and easily recognized by the "RED" painting. Gas cylinder bottle painted red in the UK and used for Identifying PROPANE gas bottle. Normally, commercial LPG are sold in two forms - Propane and Butane. However, in Nigeria, we use the mixture of both LPG gas - 20% Propane, 80% Butane. So, if you see a filled 50kg RED gas cylinder in Nigeria, with the label PROPANE, just know that what you have in there are mixture of Propane and Butane. Painting gas cylinders in different colors does not really signifies anything here in Nigeria. They're painted according to the manufacturers taste.

However, it is very easy to know a genuine 50kg gas cylinders from fake, substandard ones, if only you look closely. Although it is very rare to find a date, substandard 50kg gas cylinder bottles unlike the medium and small size gas cylinders, which are very rampant. Also, we can deny the facts that gas cylinder bottles which had failed quality assurance test and inspection are illegally sold out in various markets, outlets and shops in Nigeria.

You can fish out the illegal, substandard gas cylinder bottles just by looking out for basic technical information. Most of these details are stamped on the neck ring, and also indicate approximately the tare weight. Along with the gas bottle dimensions, they can vary greatly  by manufacturers and date of manufacture. For example, older bottles tend to be heavier than more recent versions.

LIST OF 50KG ORIGINAL BRANDS AND THEIR DETAILS

CALOR GAS PROPANE GAS CYLINDER BOTTLE

Brand: Calor-gas

Manufacturer: Property of Calor Gas LTD

Country: Warwick, UK

Telephone No: 01926 330088

Technical Information:

Input Pressure (P): 22.5bar (propane) or LPG

Water Density (WC): 100.2 litres

Tare Weight (T.W): Empty weight on scale => 35kg (minus bottle dimensions)

SUPER GAS PROPANE GAS CYLINDER BOTTLE

Water Density (WC): 108 litres

Tare Weight (T.W): 33.0 kg

Input Pressure (TP): 24.5bar

Material: ALUMINIA FORTICAL

FLOGAS CYLINDER BOTTLE

Manufacturer: FLOGAS Uk LTD

Country: SYSTON, LEICESTER UK

Telephone No: 0116 264 900

Website: www.flogas.co.uk