Storage of chemicals

The storage of chemicals, lubricants, aviation fuel and diesel fuel is normally on the platforms, with chemicals kept in bulk storage or in drums depending on the quantities. A typical diesel storage would be adequate to run back-up power generators for around a week, but the appropriate storage for each item would need to be specified in the FDR... 

The rate of storage of chemical potential (in other words, the power P carried by the chemical reaction) isypg, where j = d/j/dt = the net flux per unit volume (here, as elsewhere, lower case letters denote concentrations,... 

Porter G 1983 Transfer and storage of chemical and radiation potential J. Chem. Soo. Faraday Trans. 2 79 473-82... 

The design of any building or outside compound for the storage of chemicals in packages (e.g. drums, cylinders, sacks) will depend upon their hazardous characteristics (pages 228, 248 and 272). 

Additional information may be had on storage of chemicals from several sources. Material Safety Data Sheets, for example, have specific instructions with regard to storage. The local fire inspector will have good suggestions, and much can be found in reference books. Above all, the laboratory operator should throughly familiarize himself with all chemicals to be used in order to develop a safe storage system. 

The general principles for storage of chemicals, which follow from previous summaries, are listed in Table 7.17. Those for compressed gases are given in Chapter 9. 

In this way, the meip provides a complete view of the risk situation on a site - the example cited above of surface treatment of surfaces would certainly lend itself to such treatment, as would storage of chemicals. 

Storage of chemical effectors in zones in single cells, e.g. Ca2+ and organic molecules... 

At present most of the pesticide and fertilizer storehouses are in a very bad condition. None of them answer to environmental and sanitary demands. Transportation, usage, distribution and storage of chemicals are not regulated. Hazardous chemicals are in sale everywhere - in the market, on the roads, in the boxes with food products, often without labeling. It is impossible to control chemicals. There is not a special waste disposal. 

Checklists should be applied only during the preliminary stages of hazard identification and should not be used as a replacement for a more complete hazard identification procedure. Checklists are most effective in identifying hazards arising from process design, plant layout, storage of chemicals, electrical systems, and so forth. 

Another example of scale-up effects relates to the storage of chemically unstable substances. Well-established procedures can be followed on a small scale. In a commercial unit, the storage of such materials must be reviewed from the standpoint of critical mass. The heat removal capacity of the equipment must be substantially larger than the spontaneous exothermic rate of heat release in the bulk material. Temperature gradients must also be considered. 

Pipitone, D., (Ed.), Safe Storage of Laboratory Chemicals, New York, Wiley, 1984 This book in 2 parts and 9 chapters with 6 appendices covers all aspects of the requirements for safe storage of chemicals for laboratories. The first part consists of 5 chapters ... 

LELOIR, LUIS K. (1906-19871. A French-bnm biochemist who won the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1970 liir work in biosynthesis of carbohydrates. He discovered chemical compounds that affect the storage of chemical energy in humans and animals. He headed the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Buenos Aires lor many years. 

Prudent Practices for Handling Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., I98. General laboratory practice for hazardous materials, electrical hazards, laboratory ventilation, storage of chemicals, disposal of chemicals, and threshold limit values for chemical substances. 

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