Plant building safety

CCPS G-26. Guidelines for Evaluation Process Plant Buildings for External Explosions and Eires. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Center for Chemical Process Safety, New York. 

For accidents affecting process plant buildings, the potential for serious or fatal injury to building occupants is the foremost concern. Additionally, in cases where buildings house critical controls or equipment, proper design and siting may also help reduce indirect safety impacts (e.g., due to loss of process control), as well as business interruption costs and property loss from such events. 

Non-structural considerations such as safety, operation, architecture, cost and owner preference may dictate the shape, orientation, and layout of a plant building. In establishing these, however, the engineer should also consider the requirements for blast resistant construction. 

Construction of Buildings and Installations for Explosives Propellant plants. Technical safety considerations and practical experience in the planning and constructing of explosives propellant plants are aspects of the subject discussed by Banik (Ref 1), See also Ref 2 Refs 1)E.Banik, Explosivst 1956, 130 34 155-58 2)Anon, "AMC Safety Manual" (1964), Sect 5-1, 5-10, 5-19, 18-3 18-4... 

King, L. J.(compiler) Safety Analysis for the Transuranium Processing Plant, Building 7920, ORNL-3954 (April 1968). 

A pressure relief system is normally required on all bioreactors and pressurised tanks as a safety feature to comply with pressure vessel design regulations. In a few cases, some companies appear to have overcome the need to use a pressure relief system on the vessel either by ensuring pressure relief is provided on relevant pipework to the vessel and/or ensuring there are no pumps transferring material which could lead to a build up of pressure if the outlet pipework were closed. The absence of pressure relief on the vessels can considerably simplify the process plant. The safety and regulatory requirements, as well as insurance inspection requirements, for pressure relief is currently a confused area. 

You should assign the details of carrying out your management system to the same individuals who are responsible for plant operations, the office environment, production, and other areas that should be included. In this way, you build safety into the management structure as firmly as into the production environment. Be sure that each assigned responsibility comes with the authority and resources needed to fulfill the requirements [2]. 

Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS). Guidelines for evaluating process plant buildings for external explosions, fires and toxic releases. 2nd ed. New York, NY Wiley-AIChE 2012. 

The turbine plant building is similar to those of standard nuclear power plants. The containment houses the primary circuit, which is located in the lower part of the containment building. All the safety systems (low pressure safety injection system, decay heat removal system, etc.) are located inside the containment building. 

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