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Safety of Oxygen Plant
Safety of Oxygen Plant
8: Do not fill any container or pipe line with oxygen unless it has been
thoroughly degreased with clean CTC or TCE.
9: When discharging liquid oxygen or rich liquid from drains, valves
or pipe lines, open valves slowly to avoid the possibility of being splashed.
In particular ensure that liquid does not run into shoes or gloves. Contact
with liquid oxygen rich liquid will cause frostbite evidenced by whiteness and
numbness of the skin. The affected parts must be batched at once in cold (not
box) water and seek medical attention immediately.
10: Do not breathe cold oxygen vapor. The temperature of the vapor rising
from liquid oxygen is approximately - 181 Deg C. A deep breath of vapor at this
temperature can result in frost-bitten lungs with resultant serious illness
and permanent
disability or death.
11: Do not experiment with liquid oxygen by putting solids or liquids
into it for the purpose of watching the effect of the cold liquid. The object
placed in the oxygen may catch fire or explode.
12: Do not pour liquid oxygen on the floor of the shop or around any
object that can catch fire. As the liquid oxygen vaporizes, the cold vapors
may be swept along ground into contact _ith combustible material. The whole
floor of an office is known to have caught fire when oxygen vapors contacted
a lighted cigarette butt. Spillage of liquid oxygen must be avoided especially
in the vicinity of lubricated machinery, asphalt paving, concrete surface containing
bitumen joints or where the liquid oxygen can flow into drains or sewers.
13: Do not use any pipe jointing on oxygen pipe threads except approved
for oxygen service. Ordinary pipe jointing contains grease as a lubricant and
will catch fire.
14: Compressor and Expander lubricating oil consumption must be regularly
checked any excessive consumption must be investigated immediately and the cause
rectified.
15: occur or if liquid level is unaccountably lost in the plant, and
if any check indicates oxygen concentration above 21%, immediate action should
be taken to locate and rectify.
16: The use of a flame ( e.g. for welding or cutting) in the immediate
vicinity of the Air Separation Plant or oxygen piping must be permitted only
when the plant has been shut down and de frosted and when the oxygen content
of the air within the equipment concerned does not exceed the atmospheric normal
of 21%. Do not attempt repair until all pressure is released from the section
to be dismantled.
17: Remember that pressure alone is not dangerous. A Boiler at 0.7 Kg/cm2g
may be more destructive in the event of an explosion than a small container
at 220 kegs/cm2 owing to the greater mass of metal involved. In general, fluid
at high pressure and moving at a high velocity are the most dangerous. Use a
face shield or chemical type safety goggles when using the oxygen or nitrogen
test set to prevent possible injury to the operator in the event of a blow-back
of the reagent.
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Better Deal Machineries Pvt. Ltd.
UV - 67, Phase - IV, Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon,
Haryana - India - 122001
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