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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
The guiding principles for safety contained herein are an extract from official
regulations of particular importance. These principles are therefore by no means
complete, and the relevant regulations for the prevention of accidents should be
studied in conjunction with them.
For start-up, shut-down and operation the following safety regulations should be
strictly followed.
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
8.2.1 Ammonia
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
- rubber boots,
- rubber gloves,
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Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
- Protective helmets
- Rubber boots
- Breathing apparatus
- Sodium carbonate solution (5-7 %) for post-treatment after acid burns on skin
- First-aid outfits
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
- For works which cannot be carried out from firm platforms skeletons must be
expertly erected, or if possible, steps as prescribed by directions can be used.
- All persons not concerned with the operation of the plant, must leave the plant.
- All necessary repairs must be carried out at once and only by the competent
personnel after contacting the shift foreman and previous checking of the
respective aggregate.
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
The mixture of nitrous gases and unburned ammonia can lead to formation of
ammonium nitrate and ammonium nitrite. During start-up for a short period this
gas mixture cannot be avoided.
To avoid the formation of ammonia water in the gas cooler which might possibly
result into an explosion in case of subsequent ammonium nitrate resp.
ammonium nitrite formation, nitric acid is injected during the ignition phase.
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
When working on electrically driven equipment and machinery the shift foreman
must order, via the competent electrician, the shut-off resp. the protection against
not allowed switching in.
This comprises proper switching off, taking out of fuses, resp. locking of switches
with safety locks or disconnecting of the cut off knifes.
At the appertaining switch a sign "Switching on prohibited" must be hung up.
Only after having taken these measures the shift foreman may allow the repair.
After completion of repair works the shift foreman must convince himself of the
correctness and determine whether the equipment can be switched on again
without danger.
If there is no danger, he has the machine tripped again by the operating
electrician. During this procedure the shift foreman must be present.
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Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
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Operating Manual for Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Plant, DFPCL
Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
The person entering the vessel must be tied to a safety belt and watched by
somebody outside. This person must not leave, and in case of need further
assisting persons must be made available. Any persons also entering the vessel
must be equipped correspondingly, in case of need also the watching person.
After completion of the work the vessel must only be brought into normal
operating condition, after the supervisor has convinced himself, that the
personnel has left the equipment and that order was given to the personnel, not
to enter the vessel or equipment again.
If any work is done on the NH3-gas system or in case of a long shut-down the
spectacle blank in the line 6"-AG1-12031-EB57 should be installed and by this
the gas system is blinded from the liquid NH3-system. Shortly before start up the
spectacle blank should be turned, so that the NH3-gas can pass.
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Chapter 8: Health and Safety Hazard Data
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