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  • API PUBL 1642 : 1996

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    ALCOHOLS, ETHERS, AND GASOLINE-ALCOHOL AND -ETHER BLENDS - A REPORT ON FIRE-SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS AT PETROLEUM MARKETING FACILITIES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-02-1996

    Publisher:  American Petroleum Institute

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    0 Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 References
    2.1 Standards
    2.2 Other references
    3 Definitions
    4 Fuel characteristics
    5 Terminals and bulk plants
    5.1 Tank truck loading
    5.2 Bulk storage tank maintenance and cleaning
    5.3 Vapor control system operation and maintenance
    6 Service stations
    6.1 Tank truck unloading into underground storage tanks
    6.2 Underground storage tank maintenance
    6.3 Vehicle refueling
    Appendix A - Typical fuel property data
    Figure 1 - Typical gasoline distribution system
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    Tables
    1 - Typical fuel distribution points
    A-1 - Properties of base gasoline and oxygenates

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    Covers the fire safety considerations for fuels at petroleum marketing facilities. It focuses on gasoline blended with oxygenates, and M85, but also includes neat alcohols and ethers since they may be present at terminals and bulk plants for blending purposes.

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    Publisher American Petroleum Institute
    Status Current

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    API 1626 REDLINE : 2010 STORING AND HANDLING ETHANOL AND GASOLINE-ETHANOL BLENDS AT DISTRIBUTION TERMINALS AND FILLING STATIONS
    API 1626 : 2010 STORING AND HANDLING ETHANOL AND GASOLINE-ETHANOL BLENDS AT DISTRIBUTION TERMINALS AND FILLING STATIONS
    API 9100B : 1998 GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR MODEL EHS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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    API 2003 : 2015 PROTECTION AGAINST IGNITIONS ARISING OUT OF STATIC, LIGHTNING, AND STRAY CURRENTS
    ASTM D 86 : 2017-06 TEST METHOD FOR DISTILLATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND LIQUID FUELS AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
    API 1631 : 2001 INTERIOR LINING AND PERIODIC INSPECTION OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
    API RP 2219 : 2016 SAFE OPERATION OF VACUUM TRUCKS HANDLING FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IN PETROLEUM SERVICE
    API RP 1627 : 1986 STORAGE AND HANDLING OF GASOLINE-METHANOL/COSOLVENT BLENDS AT DISTRIBUTION TERMINALS AND SERVICE STATIONS
    API RP 2026 : 2017 SAFE ACCESS/EGRESS INVOLVING FLOATING ROOFS OF STORAGE TANKS IN PETROLEUM SERVICE
    API 2015 : 2014 REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFE ENTRY AND CLEANING OF PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS
    API 4498 : 1989 A SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF LIQUID GASOLINE RELEASED TO THE ENVIRONMENT DURING VEHICLE REFUELING AT SERVICE STATIONS
    NFPA 30 : 2018 FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS CODE
    NFPA 325M : 1991 FIRE HAZARD PROPERTIES OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, GASES, AND VOLATILE SOLIDS
    API MPM CH1 : 1994 Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards - Chapter 1: Vocabulary
    API 1626 : 2010 STORING AND HANDLING ETHANOL AND GASOLINE-ETHANOL BLENDS AT DISTRIBUTION TERMINALS AND FILLING STATIONS
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