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http://dx.doi.org/10.12812/ksms.2017.19.3.1

A Study on Explosion Risk Management for Hot Oil Heater  

Jang, Chul (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University)
Kwon, Jin-Wook (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University)
Hwang, Myoung-Hwan (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University)
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Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science / v.19, no.3, 2017 , pp. 1-9 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the industrial field, various type of fuel have been used for product processing facilities. Recent for 10 years, the usage of natural gas (NG) was gradually increased. Because it has many merits; clean fuel, no transportation, storage facility and so on. There are common safety concept that strict explosion protection approaches are needed for facilities where explosive materials such as flammable liquid, vapor and gases exist. But some has an optimistic point of view that the lighter than air gases such as NG disperse rapidly, hence do not form explosion environment upon release into the atmosphere, many parts has a conventional safety point of view that those gases are also inflammable gases, hence can form explosion environment although the extent is limited and present. In this paper, the heating equipments (Hot Oil Heater) was reviewed and some risk management measures were proposed. These measures include hazardous area classification and explosion-proof provisions of electric apparatus, an early gas leak detection and isolation, ventilation system reliability, emergency response plan and training and so on. This study calculates Hazardous Area Classification using the hypothetical volume in the KS C IEC code.
Keywords
Risk Management; Hazardous Area; Area Classification; Hot Oil Heater;
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