Cryogenics Safety Manual
A Guide to Good Practice
- 3rd Edition - October 28, 1991
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Safety British Cryogenics Council
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 0 9 5 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 0 3 2 5 - 9
Cryogenics Safety Manual: A Guide to Good Practice, Third Edition promotes the safe application and development of low temperature engineering. The book also details the hazards… Read more
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Request a sales quoteCryogenics Safety Manual: A Guide to Good Practice, Third Edition promotes the safe application and development of low temperature engineering. The book also details the hazards involved in the operation, handling, and development of cryogenic devices. The text is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 describes the health precautions and legislations involved in the field. Chapter 2 tackles the specific hazards and safety measures in handling and maintaining air separation plants. Chapter 3 discusses the precautions to be observed in the different procedures concerning natural gas, ethylene, and methane. Chapter 4 covers the proper safety measures and maintenance of plants and equipment designed to handle liquid and gas states of hydrogen at low temperatures, and Chapter 5 talks about the special precautions in handling helium, neon, krypton, and xenon. Chemists, physicists, engineers, and safety personnel involved in the field of cryogenics would benefit from this helpful guide.
ContentsTables and Illustrations Preface Membership of Safety Panel Notice Introduction 1. General Safety Requirements 1.1 Health 1.2 Safety 1.3 Legislation Bibliography 2. Oxygen, Nitrogen and Argon 2.1 Specific Hazards 2.2 Safety in The Operation of Air Separation Plants 2.3 Safety in The Maintenance of Air Separation Plants Bibliography 3. Natural Gas, Ethylene and Ethane 3.1 Specific Hazards 3.2 Safety in Operation 3.3 Safety in Maintenance 3.4 Storage Systems 3.5 Firefighting 3.6 Detection Systems Bibliography 4. Hydrogen 4.1 Specific Hazards 4.2 Safety in Maintenance and Operation of Hydrogen Plants 4.3 Safety in Maintenance and Operation of Liquid Hydrogen Storage, Transport and Handling Equipment Bibliography 5. Helium and Other Rare Gases - Research Systems 5.1 Helium, Neon, Krypton and Xenon 5.2 Liquid Helium 5.3 Grouping of Neon, Krypton and Xenon Bibliography Index Tables and Illustrations Tables 1 Thermophysical Properties of Various Cryogens 2 Coefficient of Expansion For Various Materials 3 Thermophysical Properties of Methane, Ethane and Ethylene Figures 1 Asphyxiation Hazard Warning Sign 2 Fire Triangle 3 Toughness (Impact Energy) As A Function of Temperature For Various Materials 4 Brittle Failure of Pipeline 5 Cryogenic Liquid Road Tanker 6 Cryogenic Liquid Rail Tanker 7 Selection of Portable Cryogenic Containers 8 Typical Permit To Work 9 Schematic of Air Separation Process 10 LNG Storage Tank and Bund Wall 11 Ethylene Storage Tank 12 Liquid Hydrogen Storage Tank 13 Typical Liquid Storage Dewar Vessel and Transfer Tube 14 Phase Diagram For Helium
- Edition: 3
- Published: October 28, 1991
- No. of pages (eBook): 126
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483109596
- eBook ISBN: 9781483103259
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