Enclosed processing facilities

All hydrocarbon process areas containing materials with gaseous materials that are not adequately ventilated (i.e., would not achieve a minimum of six air changes per hour or would allow the build up of flammable gas due to noncirculating air space). Typically applications include compressor enclosures, process modules in offshore platforms and enclosed arctic facilities. 

Processing facilities may be constructed at grade in open air, in elevated multilevel open-air process structures, or in enclosed process structures or buildings. 

Medium-to small-scale processing operations handling flammables or combustibles are often housed inside of fully enclosed buildings. In many cases, the buildings may be of relatively conventional construction unlike the special occupancy process structures specifically designed for larger scale processing facility operations. 

Enclosed vapor degreasers from each firm operate continuously, repeating cycles of some cleaning processes (Chapter 2.19), but parts must be loaded and unloaded in batches. As shown in Figures 2.25 and 2.26, two or more work chambers may be used with the same solvent processing facilities and control system to have one work chamber implementing a cleaning process at all times. 

For example, a spill of a hazardous substance onto a concrete floor of a totally enclosed manufacturing facility could be released into the environment if part of that substance seeps into the ground through cracks in the concrete or volatilizes into the atmosphere via process vents. 

In a new facility, a sealable mixing chamber can be connected directly to an automated computer-controlled weigh-out system. This, of course, represents an enclosed system that virtually eliminates dust generation and employee exposures associated with the weigh-out process. 

Fig. 7 illustrates the use of facility design, equipment design, and personnel protection. The picture is taken from an aerosol isolation suite where the manufacturing process is performed in a totally enclosed system... 

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