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Safety of Oxygen Plant
Safety of Oxygen Plant
All personnel being employed for work in connection with oxygen/rich air should
be cautioned concerning the hazards involved and precautions to be observed.
WARNING ABOUT OXYGEN, NITROGEN, ACETYLENE
GAS Plant
Oil grease or similar substances must not be allowed to come into contact with
compressed oxygen or liquid oxygen. Contact of this substance with oxygen may
result in an explosion. Personnel working in an area of possible oxygen concentration,
such as near an oxygen vent or a liquid oxygen spillage, or in a trench where
oxygen seepage and concentration might occur, must ensure that their clothing
is free from contaminations of oxygen before lighting a cigarette or approaching
a naked flames. It is essential that the clothes be dries for at least 15 minutes
before approaching a flame after any such contamination.
The following precautions must be strictly observed Oxygen Gas Plant, Nitrogen
Gas Plant, Acetylene Gas Plant at all times:
1: Thoroughly wash all oxygen fittings, valves and parts with clean Tricolor
Ethylene / carbon tetra chloride (CTC) before installation. Never use petrol,
kerosene or other hydrocarbon solvents for this purpose. All tubing, lines valves
etc. to be used in oxygen service, must be of an approved type and must be thoroughly
degreased and blown out with clean oil-free compressed air or Nitrogen before
being placed in service.
2: Do not permit the release of Acetylene or other flammable gases in
the vicinity of the plant air intake. A concentration of Acetylene exceeding
5 parts per million in liquid oxygen may explode with extreme violence. Strict
supervision is essential to minimize the possibility of contamination.
3: The plant and the plant vicinity must be kept clean and free from
abstractions at all times. Any oil leak within the plant surrounding must be
rectified without delay. Oil spillage must be cleaned up immediately using rag
and carbon Tetra Chloride.
4: Do not lubricate oxygen valves, regulators, gauges or fitting with
oil or any other substance.
5: Ensure that insulation removed from the Air Separator jacket is not
contaminated with oil or other inflammable materials. Personnel carrying out
maintenance on the Air Separation Plant equipment must wear clean overalls and
their hands and tools must be free of oil. This ensures that the insulation
and equipment within the jacket is not contaminated with oil. Should contamination
take place the affected materials must be discarded and replaced by clean new
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6: Do not fasten electric conduits to the plant or its pipelines.
7: Do not use oxygen as a substitute for compressed air, spark present
in an atmosphere of oxygen will immediately burst into flame.
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Better Deal Machineries Pvt. Ltd.
UV - 67, Phase - IV, Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon,
Haryana - India - 122001
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