BS 5908-1:2012
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Fire and explosion precautions at premises handling flammable gases, liquids and dusts Code of practice for precautions against fire and explosion in chemical plants, chemical storage and similar premises
Hardcopy , PDF
English
12-31-2012
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
Section 1: Fire risk assessments
4 Fire risk assessment and fire precautions
Section 2: Site layout and design
5 Selection of site and layout
6 Access for firefighting
7 Water supplies
8 Drainage and pollution control
9 Prevention of escalation
Section 3: Buildings and structures
10 Fire resistance
11 Compartmentation
12 Fire detection and fire alarm systems
13 Open air and unenclosed plant
14 Materials of construction
15 Ventilation
16 Means of escape
17 Lighting
18 Space heating
Section 4: Precautions against ignition followed by
an explosion
19 General
20 Prevention of bursting of a pressure vessel caused
by excess internal pressure
21 Prevention of bursting of process equipment caused
by a chemical reaction
22 Prevention of ignition of a mixture of air and gas or
vapour inside process equipment or a storage vessel
23 Prevention of ignition of a cloud of dust suspended
in air inside process equipment or a storage vessel
24 Prevention of ignition of a mixture of air and
gas/vapour released from a process into a building
25 Prevention of ignition of a cloud of dust raised into
suspension within a building, following some
initiating primary explosion
26 Prevention of ignition of a mixture of air and
gas/vapour into a partially confined (congested)
area of a process plant
27 Prevention of ignition of a mixture of air and gas
in the open air
28 Prevention of bursting of a pressure vessel holding
flammable liquids or liquefied gases, followed
by sudden ignition of the released material
Section 5: Storage and movement of chemicals
29 General
30 Storage of chemicals
31 Delivery by road and rail
Section 6: Design of process plant
32 Design of process plant to control ignition hazards
33 Process vessels
34 Pumps and heat transfer systems
35 Compressors
36 Fired heaters
37 Ovens and driers
38 Dust-handling process plant
39 Instrumentation
Section 7: Operation of process plant
40 Human factors
41 Emergency procedures
Section 8: Maintenance of process plant
42 Maintenance
43 Hot work
Section 9: Fire prevention
44 General fire prevention
45 Hazardous area classification study
46 Static electricity
Section 10: Works fire brigades and fixed fire protection
47 Works fire brigades
48 Fixed fire protection
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - Classification of chemicals
Annex B (informative) - Ignition sources
Annex C (informative) - Hazards from smoke
Annex D (informative) - Approaches to hazardous
area classification
Bibliography
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