Reticulated Gas System

By Avani Hegde, Kripa Sriram, Namrata Rao, Saagarika Kumar and

Sanjana Raghunath
What is a reticulated gas system?
• Reticulated gas system is a system which uses a centralized gas bank
to distribute LPG in a residential or commercial complex.

• It has replaced the traditional method of using individual cylinders

due to its safety and convinience.

• It ensures that users only pay for what they use by monitoring the
usage of each individual thus making it economically beneficial.
Parts of a reticulated gas system
• Active Bank

• Supply bank

• Control Valve

• Safety valves

• Meter

• Gas tap in the kitchen

 How does it work? 4) After completing the safety checks, the gas
finally reaches the customer where it first goes
through a meter to record how much the
customer is using to bill accordingly.

5) The customer controls the flow of the gas with Meter

the help of a tap thus making it a convenient
process which does not involve the moving of gas
cylinders in and out of the area.

Kitchen
Safety Check
tap

3) As it travels through the pipes, two safety

2) Gas is distributed with the help of pipes
checks are performed where in case one fails, the
connected to the active bank. This is done
safety valves are opened to use pressure to stop
with the help of the control valve.
the flow of gas.

1) The system initially starts with a

centralized gas bank which contains the
active and supply bank

Supply Bank Active Bank