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PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP AWARENESS TRAINING

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CNI Control Measures

As with all hazardous operations key control measures should be in place to minimise potential incidents: 

BULK STORAGE

  • Vertical tanks are preferred

    – Frangible roof to allow easy relief

  • Horizontal tanks

    – Could form missiles in an incident

    – Safety principles need to be strictly  applied

  • Bunds

    – 110% + allowance for deluge water

  • Low Flash Point Materials

    – Not in same bund

Pumping

  • Best practice is to use equipment that does not have the potential to heat the product

  • Pneumatically operated diaphragm pumps provide safe means of unloading to storage tanks and injecting into gas-oil headers

  • If a Centrifugal pump is used it must be fitted with a temperature trip set to stop the pump at a temperature of 55°C

  • Positive displacement diaphragm pumps may be used providing they have an external relief system. This system MUST NOT vent back to the storage tank

  • Gear pumps and other positive displacement systems ARE NOT recommended (can heat 2EHN rapidly)

Pumping Operations

All types of pumps must have the following:

  • Temperature trip to stop pump @ 50-60ºC (75 deg C subject to an expert risk assessment may be possible)

  • Pressure switch to stop pump if outlet is blocked/closed and/or

  • Low flow switch to stop pump if outlet is blocked/closed

Heating of Equipment

  • Tanks fitted with internal heating coils, limpet coils, trace heating etc should NOT be used

  • Completely REMOVE all heating systems through physical means e.g. (removal of pipework, cables etc so it cannot be accidentally re-activated)

  • Piping/lines/hoses/pumps should NOT be trace heated

  • Lines should not be close to steam lines

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