Blanketing

One of the most effective ways of minimizing problems with hazardous liquid— particularly flammable liquids—is to blanket them with an inert gas. This policy is particularly pertinent with regard to storage tanks because the fuel and air are always present, and static electricity as an ignition source is very difficult to 

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Ghapter 7 Deflagration Prevention by Oxidant Concentration Reduction 

Ghapter 8 Deflagration Prevention by Gombustibie Goncentration Reduction 

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Vapor Treatment. The vapors from the tank space can be sent to a treatment system (condenser, absorption, etc.) before venting. The system shown in Fig. 9.1 uses a vacuum-pressure relief valve which allows air in from the atmosphere when the liquid level falls (Fig. 9.1a) but forces the vapor through a treatment system when the tank is filled (Fig. 9.16). If inert gas blanketing is required, because of the flammable nature of the material, then a similar system can be adopted which draws inert gas rather than air when the liquid level falls. 

Another suspended growth method is the upward-flow anaerobic sludge blanket illustrated in Fig. 11.6a. Here the sludge is contacted by upward flow of the feed at a velocity such that the sludge is not carried out of the top of the digester. 

If the patient is in a state of shock (f.e., pale, faint or collapsed, sweating, cold) treat by lying flat, or preferably with the legs raised approximately one foot, loosen clothing around the neck, keep warm but not hot (one to two blankets) and transfer to hospital or obtain medical attention urgently ... 

Clothes. Laboratories should be equipped with a sufficient number of fireproof blankets, so that a blanket is available at any point of the laboratory at a few seconds notice. Each blanket should be kept in a clearly labelled box, the lid of which is closed by its own weight and not by any mechanical fastening, which might delay removal of the blanket. The box itself should be kept in some open and unencumbered position in the laboratory. 

The blanket when required should be at once wrapped firmly around the person whose clothes are on fire, the person then placed m a prone position on the floor with the ignited portion upwards, and water poured freely both over the blanket and in between the blanket and the person s clothes until the fire is extinguished. 

Finally, the student should familiarise himself with the contents of the Section in the Appendix upon Laboratory Accidents, with the position of the fire extinguisher, buckets of sand, first aid cabinet, and the fireproof blanket. 

One fireproof blanket— tlus is best stored in a special container just outside the First Aid Cupboard. 

Burning clothing. Prevent the person from running and fanning the flames. Make the victim he down on the floor, or throw him (her) down if necessary, and wrap the fireproof blanket firmly around the ignited clothes until the fire is extinguished. 

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Industrial oils Industrial power Industrial recycling Industrial solid wastes Industrial solvents Inert blanketing gas... 

The rate of hydrolysis of DMAC is very low, but increases somewhat in the presence of acids or bases. DMAC is a stable compound, but is mildly hygroscopic and desiccation and/or dry nitrogen blanketing of storage vessels are sometimes used to reduce water pick-up. In the absence of water, acids, or bases, DMAC is stable at temperatures up to its hoiling point at atmospheric pressure. Its greater stability enables more economical recovery by distillation relative to that of other similar solvents. 

Initiators, usually from 0.02 to 2.0 wt % of the monomer of organic peroxides or azo compounds, are dissolved in the reaction solvents and fed separately to the kettie. Since oxygen is often an inhibitor of acryUc polymerizations, its presence is undesirable. When the polymerization is carried out below reflux temperatures, low oxygen levels are obtained by an initial purge with an inert gas such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen. A blanket of the inert gas is then maintained over the polymerization mixture. The duration of the polymerization is usually 24 h (95). 

The blanket of alk-ceU leaving the slurry press is shredded, and if necessary cooled, before being conveyed to mercerizing (the ripening or aging process). 

Natural Waters. Many water systems have a natural tendency to produce foam upon agitation. The presence of poUutants exacerbates this problem. This was particularly severe when detergents contained surfactants that were resistant to biodegradation. Then, water near industrial sites or sewage disposal plants could be covered with a blanket of stable, standing foam (52,59). However, surfactant use has switched to biodegradable molecules, which has gready reduced the incidence of these problems. 

The other purpose for which physical evidence is used is to develop associative evidence in a case. Physical evidence may help to prove a victim or suspect was at a specific location, or that the two came in contact with one another. In one case, building material debris (wooden splinters, tar paper, insulation material) was found on a blanket used to wrapped a body that was found dumped at the side of a road. The evidence suggested an attic and eventually led detectives to the location where the murder occurred. 

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