Spillage control

The accidental release, spill or leak of oil from a facility or transportation vehicle can pose a significant threat to both public and occupational health as well as to the environment. A variety of sources can contribute to release, including  

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Monitor stock, e.g. temperature, pressure, reaction, inhibitor content, degradation of substance, deterioration of packaging or containers/corrosion, leakages, condition of label, expiry date, undesirable by-products (e.g. peroxides in ethers) Spillage control bund, spray, blanket, containment. Drain to collection pit Decontamination and first-aid provisions, e.g. neutralize/destroy, fire-fighting Contain/vent pressure generated to a safe area... 

Split-up stocks into manageable lots, e.g. with reference to fire loading/spillage control. Limit stack heights generally... 

Are adequate supplies of utilities and miscellaneous chemicals available for all activities, e.g. absorbents for spillage control Is inert gas immediately available in all locations where it may be required urgently ... 

A segregated area adequately spaced from ignition sources, etc. with provision for spillage control and with appropriate protection from vehicle impact. 

Plaimer, J.H. 1990. Water as a means of spillage control in coal handling. In Proceedings Coal Handling and Utilization Conference. Sydney, Australia. 264-270. 

Spillage Control Spillage of a conveyed material is associated mostly with belt conveyor operations. It happens at transfer points and from the sides of the moving belt. 

A requirement for a spillage control and countermeasure plan to minimise the risk of oil spills if the site stores large quantities of oil, and especially the use of bunded containments around fuel stores... 

Spillage controls drip pans, funnels used etc. ... 

The use of appropriate instruments to monitor equipment operation and relevant process variables will detect, and provide warning of, undesirable excursions. Otherwise tliese can result in equipment failure or escape of chemicals, e.g. due to atmospheric venting, leakage or spillage. Instruments may facilitate automatic control, emergency action such as coolant or pressure relief or emergency shutdown, or the operation of water deluge systems. 

Finally, at 12 noon, the reflux drum overflowed, and there was a spillage of flammable oil. From 7 a.m. onward, a trainee served as operator, but a lead operator was present, and the foreman visited the control room from time to time. 

If a spillage about once in five years (or however often we think the operator will fail) cannot be accepted, then it is necessary to have two protective devices, one trip (or alarm) to act as a process controller and another to take over when the controller fails. It is unrealistic to expect an operator to watch a level when a trip (or alarm) is provided (see Section 14.7 a). 

Spillages, etc, e.g. onto land, into drains, into controlled water. 

Clean-contaminated Controlled opening of aforementioned tracts with minimal spillage or minor technique break clean procedures performed emergently or with major technique breaks Medium Indicated... 

A revised wall chart, with standardised disposal procedures for 396 toxic and hazardous chemicals, which is useful in the storeroom as well as in the laboratory [1], A guidance manual has been developed by EPA in the US to assist in the selection and use of sorbent materials to control industrial spillages of hazardous liquids [2],... 

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