Posts Tagged ‘ flammable liquid ’

Welding On Flammable Liquid Tank

Grinding, Brazing and welding are sources of ignition and spark. Adequate fire safety precautions have to be given when a work that involves them will be conducted.

The video below will show you what will happen when inadequate fire precautions are not given to a hot work. Take notes from this video, and then improve your current work permit system to avoid similar accident. (more…)

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20 Checklists on Flammable Liquids Storage and Containers

flammable-liquid-containerFlammable liquids in the plant site can increase fire hazard potential, whether they are in small or big quantity. There are various flammable liquids in the plant site, for instance gasoline, solvents, paints and thinners. We can easily recognize them through their flammable hazard sign.

As a reminder, I will illustrate briefly about flammable liquid definition and classification. Please refer to the summary below when you need to determine flammable liquid. (more…)

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Short Tips on Flammable Liquid Spillage Prevention

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A tank drain

This story was appeared while we were being audited by a fire insurance company. Here is summary of the finding.

Sealing on pipe ends such as tank drain by installing plugs, caps, blind plates could prevent large spillage. This is especially important for tank that holds highly flammable liquid.” (more…)

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Flammable Liquid Tank Dike Capacity

tank-dike-capacityIn case of flammable liquid spills from tank, it will not only contaminate the environment but fire hazard seems likely to happen. In this case, adequacy of dike or bound wall capacity holds an important factor.

It is advisable that dike or bound wall is designed to be able to contain 110% of the maximum flammable liquid tank capacity. If there are several tanks in that area, dike capacity should be designed to contain 110% of the biggest tank volume. (more…)

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