Chemical Plant Safety Resources

Chemical storage building is used to store hazardous materials (hazmat) and designed from metal building structures. It is safe, inexpensive and environment friendly.

Chemical storage building is not purposed only for safety but also environment. It plays a vital role in chemical industries, where various hazmat is stored.

There are several factors to consider when you design chemical storage buildings. You need to specify clearly these factors in detail so that the manufacturer could supply chemical storage building that fits with your requirements. (more…)

ear plugs

Hearing protection devices are used to control high level noise hazards, when engineering and administrative controls can not decrease the noise level. They may come in the form of ear plugs or ear muffs.

In order to know that you are exposed to high level noise hazards, then you should measure the noise level from the sources at your workplace. Each noise source has different nature. It could expose noise hazards in impulsive, intermittent or even continuous manner.

Besides ear plug and ear muffs, there is another hearing protection device available in the market, e.g. canal caps. (more…)

Flammable liquids must be stored safely in a suitable flammable safety cabinet. The flammable safety cabinet holds an important role in order to keep flammable liquids under the safest condition.

The cabinets isolate flammable liquids or chemicals from other chemicals, which may be incompatible. This means that selection of the most suitable flammable safety cabinets is very crucial.

The following tips will help you in making good selection on the best flammable safety cabinets for your own purposes, both for the laboratory or chemical warehouse. (more…)

Hydrostatic test is used for confirming mechanical integrity of installed pressure vessels and pipe lines. It has to be completed before putting the pressure vessels and pipe lines in use.

According to ASME Section VIII Division I, hydrostatic pressure is conducted at the pressure of 1.5 times design pressure. If a vessel is design for holding 1.0 kg/cm2.g pressure, the hydrostatic pressure test has to be done at 1.5 kg/cm2.g. (more…)

Carbon monoxide detectors play an important role in preventing carbon monoxide poisoning. It detects carbon monoxide gas at certain level in workplace and soon warns workers to do necessary measures.

Carbon monoxide detectors are either battery operated or electric. Battery operated CO detector needs to be replaced the battery after being achieved its service life.

There are three types of CO detector sensors available in the market. They are electronic sensor detectors, calorimetric sensor detectors and Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) Sensor. Electronic sensor detector is the most sensitive detector, but the cost is higher than other types. Study their advantages and disadvantages before making any purchase. (more…)