Model Code of Safe Practice in the Petroleum Industry: Area Classification Code for Petroleum Installations Pt. 15
Published on 26. September 1990
Book
Hardback
136 pages
978-0-471-92160-8 (ISBN)
Description
A handbook of the area classification code for petroleum installations. This is Part 15 of the Institute of Petroleum Model Code of Safe Practice in the Petroleum Industry, describing and classifying equipment and safe procedures for all areas of the petroleum industry.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
47 line drawings, 16 tables, glossary
Dimensions
Height: 12 mm
Width: 2 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-92160-8 (9780471921608)
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Content
The technique of hazardous area classification; the classification of storage tankage, bulk loading and unloading by road and rail, petroleum jetties and bulk distribution and marketing facilities by the method of direct example; the classification of drilling rigs and other equipment systems used in well operations and production wellhead areas; alternative procedure for classification of an upstream of downstream petroleum sector facility by consideration of the individual point source; variation in ventiliation conditions; application to the selection of location of electrical facilities; application to the control and location of ignition sources other than electrical. Appendices: Classification of petroleum; fluid category; assessment of buoyancy; derivation of hazard radius; example of point source method; types of protection - electrical apparatus; safe guards of gas-fired process heaters; flammable limits on petroleum products.