System for reclaiming liquefied petroleum gas

An LPG reclaim system for withdrawing and reclaiming liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from one or more LPG bottle containers, comprising:

• a reclaim station for reclaiming LPG in liquid form from the one or more LPG bottle containers;
• a compressor for pressurizing LPG in vapor form;
• a receiving tank for receiving pressurized LPG in liquid form;
• one or more heat exchangers that include a cold side and a hot side;
• a cold-side flow system, connecting the reclaim station to an inlet of the compressor, while passing the reclaimed LPG as a cold-side fluid through the cold side of the one or more heat exchangers,
• wherein a partial vacuum in the cold-side flow system resulting from operation of the compressor evaporates at least a portion of LPG in liquid form from the cold-side fluid into LPG in vapor form;
• and
• a hot-side flow system, connecting an outlet of the compressor to the receiving tank, while passing the pressurized LPG as a hot-side fluid through the hot side of the one or more heat exchangers,
• wherein heat from the hot-side fluid on the hot side of the one or more heat exchangers is transferred to the cold-side fluid on the cold side of the one or more heat exchangers, and
• wherein transference of heat from the hot-side fluid to the cold-side fluid substantially evaporates remaining LPG in liquid form from the cold-side fluid into LPG in vapor form to be pressurized by the compressor, and substantially condenses pressurized LPG in vapor form from the hot-side fluid into LPG in liquid form for receipt by the receiving tank.