Ukuba unesitovu segesi ekhitshini lakho, kunokwenzeka ukuba sisebenza kwigesi yendalo, hayi ipropane.
I-Propane iphathwa kakhulu, yiyo loo nto isetyenziswa kakhulu kwiindawo zokubhaka inyama, izitovu zenkampu, nakwiilori zokutya,” uyacacisa uSylvia Fontaine, umpheki oyingcali, owayesakuba yirestaurateur, kunye ne-CEO nomseki we-Feasting at Home.
Kodwa faka itanki yepropane kwikhaya lakho kwaye unokutshisa ikhitshi lakho ngepropane, utsho uFontaine.
Ngokutsho kwePropane Education and Research Council, ipropane yimveliso yokwenziwa kwegesi yendalo.Ipropane ikwabizwa ngokuba yi-liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Ngokutsho kweNational Energy Education Development (NEED), ipropane ngumthombo oxhaphakileyo wamandla kwimimandla yasemaphandleni nakwizindlu eziziimobhayili apho ukuqhagamshelwa kwegesi yendalo kungenakwenzeka.Ngokuqhelekileyo, amakhaya e-propane-fuelled ane-tank yokugcina evulekile enokuthi ibambe ukuya kwi-1,000 yeegaloni zepropane yamanzi, ngokwe-NEED.
Ngokwahlukileyo koko, ngokutsho kwe-US Energy Information Administration (EIA), igesi yendalo yenziwe ngeegesi ezahlukeneyo, ngakumbi i-methane.
Ngelixa irhasi yendalo isasazwa ngothungelwano lwemibhobho esembindini, ipropane isoloko ithengiswa kwiitanki ezinobukhulu obahlukeneyo.
"Izitofu zepropane zinokufikelela kumaqondo aphezulu ngokukhawuleza kunegesi yendalo," utshilo uFontaine.Kodwa, wongeza, "kukho ukubamba: konke kuxhomekeke kumsebenzi we-slab."
Ukuba uqhele igesi yendalo kwaye utshintshele kwipropane, unokufumana iipani zakho zitshisa ngokukhawuleza, utshilo uFontaine.Kodwa ngaphandle kwalapho, ngekhe uwubone umahluko omkhulu kwaphela, utshilo.
"Ngokwembono ebonakalayo, umehluko phakathi kwepropane kunye nokupheka kwegesi yendalo ayinanto," kusho uFontaine.
“Eyona nto iluncedo ekuphekeni kwerhasi yomlilo kukuba ixhaphake kakhulu kunesitovu sepropane, ngoko ke mhlawumbi uqhelene nayo,” utshilo uFontaine.Nangona kunjalo, uyawazi ubungakanani bomlilo owufunayo kuyo yonke into ukusuka kwi-anyanisi e-sautéing ukufudumala i-pasta sauce.
"Irhasi ngokwayo ayichaphazeli ukupheka, kodwa inokuchaphazela ubuchule bompheki ukuba abaqhelananga negesi okanye ipropane," utshilo uFontaine.
Ukuba ukhe wasebenzisa isitovu sepropane, amathuba okuba besingaphandle.Uninzi lwezitovu zepropane ziyilelwe ukusetyenziswa ngaphandle njengegrill okanye isitovu esiphathwayo.
Kodwa amaxabiso anokuguquguquka kakhulu kuxhomekeke kwindawo ohlala kuyo, ixesha lonyaka kunye nezinye izinto ezininzi.Kwaye ngelixa igesi yendalo ibonakala ingabizi, khumbula ukuba ipropane isebenza kakuhle (ithetha ukuba ufuna ipropane encinci), enokuyenza ingabizi ngokubanzi, ngokutsho kweSanta Energy.
Ipropane kunye negesi yendalo inenye inzuzo: Awudingi ukudibanisa kwigridi, uFontaine uthi.Oku kunokuba yibhonasi enkulu ukuba uhlala kwindawo enokumka kombane rhoqo.
Ngenxa yokuba izitovu zerhasi kunokwenzeka ukuba zisebenze kwirhasi yendalo kunepropane, uya kuba neendlela ezininzi zesitovu ukuba ukhetha igesi yendalo, utshilo uFontaine.
Ucebisa ukuba kusetyenziswe irhasi yendalo endaweni yepropane, ephawula ukuba “imibhobho yerhasi sele ifakiwe kwiindawo ezininzi ezihlala ezidolophini.”
“Jonga imiyalelo eze nesixhobo okanye ujonge ileyibhile yomenzi esitovini ukuba sikulungele na ukusetyenziswa nepropane okanye igesi yendalo,” utsho uFontaine.
Uthi: “Ukuba ujonga isitofu samafutha, sinobukhulu kunye nenombolo ebhalwe kuso.Unokuqhagamshelana nomenzi ukuze ubone ukuba loo manani abonisa ukuba isitovu sifanelekile kwi-propane okanye igesi yendalo.
"Ngokuqhelekileyo akukhuthazwa ukusebenzisa igesi yendalo kwisitovu sepropane, okanye ngokuchaseneyo, nangona kukho izixhobo zokuguqula," kusho uFontaine.Ukuba ngokwenene ufuna ukusebenzisa enye yezi zixhobo, dibana nengcali, icebisa uFountaine.Ukuphucula i-oveni yakho akuyoprojekthi yokuzenzela wena.
"Zombini i-propane kunye negesi yendalo inokubangela ingozi kwimpilo ukuba umoya ofanelekileyo awufakwanga ngaphezu kwesitofu," kusho uFontaine.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, ezinye izixeko, njengeNew York neBerkeley, ziye zawisa imithetho evala ukufakwa kwezitovu zegesi kwizakhiwo ezitsha.Oku kubangelwa ukuqonda okukhulayo malunga neengozi zempilo ezinokuthi zidibene nezitofu zegesi, ukusetyenziswa kwazo kunokukhokelela ekukhutshweni kwezinto ezingcolileyo kwaye kuhambelana nomngcipheko wokuphuhlisa i-asthma kubantwana, ngokutsho kweCalifornia Public Interest Research Group.
Ngokutsho kweBhodi yeMithombo yoMoya yaseCalifornia (ARB), ukuba unesitovu segesi, qiniseka ukuba upheka nge-hood yoluhlu kwaye, ukuba kunokwenzeka, khetha isitshisi esingasemva njengoko uluhlu lwe-hood lutsala umoya ngcono.Ukuba awunayo ihood, ungasebenzisa udonga okanye ihood yesilingi, okanye uvule iingcango kunye neefestile ukuze uqhube kakuhle umoya ngokuhambelana nemigaqo ye-ARB.
Ngokutsho kwamaZiko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (CDC), amafutha avuthayo (afana nejenereyitha, imoto, okanye isitovu) avelisa i-carbon monoxide, enokukwenza ugule okanye ufe.Ukuze ube kwicala elikhuselekileyo, faka izixhobo zokujonga i-carbon monoxide kwaye ucwangcise ukuhlolwa kwesixhobo segesi rhoqo ngonyaka ngokwezikhokelo zeCDC.
"Nokuba ukhetha i-propane okanye igesi yendalo ixhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kwinto ekhoyo kwindawo yakho kunye nokuba zeziphi izixhobo ezikhoyo zokuthengwa," utshilo uFontaine.
Oko kunokuthetha ukuba abahlali basezidolophini baya kukhetha irhasi yendalo, ngelixa abahlali kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni banokukhetha ipropane, utshilo.
UFontaine uthi: “Umgangatho wokupheka uxhomekeke ngakumbi kubuchule bompheki kunohlobo lwegesi esetyenziswayo.Icebiso lakhe: “Gxininisa kwinto ofuna ukuba isixhobo sakho siyenze kwanokuba luluphi ukhetho olufanele uqingqo-mali lwakho, kuquka nokufaka umoya ofanelekileyo ekhayeni lakho.”
Ixesha lokuposa: Jul-25-2023