Fire and explosion risks

Dow Eire and Explosion Index (E El) A method (developed by Dow Chemical Company) for ranking the relative fire and explosion risk associated with a... 

Certain chemicals pose fire and explosion risks because ... 

Fire and explosion risks from pentane m expandable polystyrene (EPS) Plastics recycling... 

The purpose of the Dow Fire and Explosion Hazard Index (Dow, 1987) is to 1) quantify the expected damage of potential fire and explosion incidents in realistic terms, 2) identify equipment that would be likely to contribute to the creation or escalation of an incident and 3) communicate the fire and explosion risk potential to management. The Dow Index is the product of the Unit Hazard Factor and the Material Factor (Table 1). 

Achieve a level of fire and explosion risk that is acceptable to the employees, the general public, the petroleum and related industries, the local and national government, and the company itself. 

Floating exploration and production facilities are sometimes provided on jackup rigs, semi-submersible vessels or ex-crude oil shipping tankers converted to production treatment vessels. These facilities are essentially the same as fixed offshore platform or installations except they are moored in place or provided with a temporary support structure instead of provided with fixed supports to the seabed. The major process fire and explosion risks are identical to the risks produced on offshore platforms. They have one addition major facility risk, that is the maintenance of buoyancy of the installation. Should fire or explosion effects cause a loss of buoyancy (or even stability) the entire facility is at risk of submergence. Adequate compartimization and integrity assurances must be implemented in these instances. 

Pedersen. K. S STF88 A83012. Fire and Explosion Risks Offshore. The Risk Picture. SINTEF. Tronhiem. 

The chemical process industries employ many substances that contribute to air and water pollution, hazardous waste generation, soil contamination, fire and explosion risks, and the exposure of humans, animals and plants to hazardous and/or toxic substances. This article discusses which substances are hazardous and identifies the opportunities for replacing these substances with less-hazardous substitutes. 

Dow s Fire and Explosion Risk Analysis Program provides a step-by-step, objective evaluation of the realistic fire, explosion, and reactivity potential of process equipment and its contents. The procedure allows calculation of the damage that would probably result from, and the areas which could be exposed to, fire or explosion generated in the process unit being evaluated. Management can then decide unit spacing needed to protect people from injury and to keep potential property and equipment damage to acceptable levels. 

Fire and Explosion Risks, von Schwartz, E., London, Griffin, 1918... 

One measure of the inherent safety of a process with respect to fire and explosion risk is the Dow Fire and Explosion Index (12). Table 1 shows examples of the impact of inventory reduction on the Fire and Explosion Index. 

Sulfur. Nitrate-sulfur mixtures present a fire and explosion risk.28,29... 

The first issue is fulfilled if the plant does not operate in unstable points or dangerous conditions. In this process the most risky place is the chemical reactor, where hot spots may occur. There are fire and explosion risks too, but these should be normally managed by standard safety measures. 

Fire and Explosion Risks E, Von Schwarts Griffen and Company... 

Water reactive may cause fire and explosion Fire and explosion risk... 

Hazard Oxidizer, fire and explosion risk in contact with organic materials. Toxic by ingestion. See barium. 

Hazard Highly flammable, dangerous fire and explosion risk. Explosive limits in air 1.9-8.5%. TLV 800 ppm. Narcotic in high concentration. 

Hazard Asphyxiant gas. Highly flammable, flammable limits in air 1.6-9.3% by volume. Dangerous fire and explosion risk. 

Hazard Dangerous fire and explosion risk, ignites spontaneously in moist air, may explode in contact with sulfur or phosphorus, reacts violently with oxidizing materials, causes burns in contact with skin. 

Hazard Dangerous fire and explosion risk, explodes when heated to 38C, strong oxidizer, will ignite on contact with organic materials. Store in dark, cool locality. Toxic. 

Hazard Flammable, dangerous fire and explosion risk. 

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