API RP 2023 : 2001( R2006)
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GUIDE FOR SAFE STORAGE AND HANDLING OF HEATED PETROLEUM-DERIVED ASPHALT PRODUCTS AND CRUDE-OIL RESIDUA
01-08-2006
01-08-2006
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Scope
1.3 Retroactivity
1.4 Concept of Hazard vs Risk
2 REFERENCED PUBLICATIONS
3 DEFINITIONS
4 HAZARDS AND RISK REDUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH HEATED
STORAGE AND HANDLING OF HEAVY HYDROCARBONS
4.1 OVERVIEW
4.2 THERMAL BURN HAZARDS TO PERSONNEL & RISK
REDUCTION
4.3 ACUTE HEALTH HAZARDS & RISK REDUCTION
4.4 POTENTIAL CHRONIC HEALTH HAZARDS & RISK
REDUCTION
4.5 COMPATIBILITY OF MATERIALS AND AVOIDING
FROTHOVERS
4.6 FIRE PREVENTION
4.7 FIRE SUPPRESSION
5 STORAGE TANKS
5.1 TANK ROOFS
5.2 TANK VENTS
5.3 TANK TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
5.4 LIQUID COVERAGE OF TANK HEATING SOURCES
5.5 TANK HEATING COIL CONSIDERATIONS
5.6 EFFECTS OF TANK TEMPERATURE CYCLING
5.7 HAZARDS OF INACTIVE TANKS
5.8 STORING ASPHALT EMULSIONS
5.9 STORING & HANDLING POLYMER MODIFIED
ASPHALT
6 STORAGE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES
6.1 GENERAL HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATING
CONSIDERATIONS
6.2 INERT-GAS BLANKETING
6.3 PYROPHORIC DEPOSITS
6.4 BLOWING LINES WITH AIR
6.5 TEMPERATURE STRESS LIMITATIONS OF TANKS
6.6 RESPONDING TO ABNORMAL SITUATIONS
7 MIXING PROCEDURES
7.1 MIXING-GENERAL
7.2 MECHANICAL MIXING
7.3 AIR MIXING
8 HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITHTANK VEHICLES
8.1 VENTING AND WATER-FREEING
8.2 FIRED HEATERS ON TANK VEHICLES
8.3 CLEANING TANK TRUCKS AND RAIL CARS
8.4 INSPECTING TANK TRUCKS AND RAIL CARS
8.5 LOADING AND UNLOADING TANK TRUCKS
AND RAIL CARS
9 CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX A - GUIDE FOR ASPHALT/RESIDUA HANDLING
APPENDIX B - FLASH POINT TEMPERATURES, SPECIFICATIONS
AND TESTS FOR ASPHALT & RESIDUAL PRODUCTS
APPENDIX C - FIRST AID FOR HOT ASPHALT-TYPE BURNS
APPENDIX D - LESSONS LEARNED RELATIVE TO SAFE STORAGE
AND HANDLING OF HEATED ASPHALT AND
RESIDUAL PRODUCTS
APPENDIX E - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RELATIVE TO SAFE
STORAGE AND HANDLING OF HEATED ASPHALT
AND RESIDUAL PRODUCTS
APPENDIX F - DEFINITIONS OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
TERMS
APPENDIX G - UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
APPENDIX H - SOURCES OF REFERENCE INFORMATION
FOR END-USERS
APPENDIX J - EXPOSURE LIMITS AND HEALTH STUDIES
- RELATED TO ASPHALT FUME
APPENDIX K - FIRE SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR HEATED
HEAVY-OIL PRODUCT TANKS
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