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Filling Plant Design Standards and Safety

The document discusses the design of filling plants for cylinders. It provides guidelines for the design process, safety standards that must be followed, and minimum safety distance requirements between different areas of a filling plant in Brazil. Specifically: 1) The filling plant supplier is responsible for the detailed design, which must be approved by the purchaser and meet the performance specification. 2) Standards cover minimum requirements for the design, construction, security, storage and filling of cylinders. This includes having areas at least 15 meters from public areas. 3) Table 6.1 shows the minimum safety distance requirements between different areas like cylinder storage, filling areas, utilities areas, and more according to Brazilian regulations.

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Filling Plant Design Standards and Safety

The document discusses the design of filling plants for cylinders. It provides guidelines for the design process, safety standards that must be followed, and minimum safety distance requirements between different areas of a filling plant in Brazil. Specifically: 1) The filling plant supplier is responsible for the detailed design, which must be approved by the purchaser and meet the performance specification. 2) Standards cover minimum requirements for the design, construction, security, storage and filling of cylinders. This includes having areas at least 15 meters from public areas. 3) Table 6.1 shows the minimum safety distance requirements between different areas like cylinder storage, filling areas, utilities areas, and more according to Brazilian regulations.

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Chapter Six

Filling Plant Design

6.1 General

The detailed design of filling plants should be undertaken by the filling plant supplier, and approved by the company
responsible for purchasing and managing the plant.

The supplier should guarantee the design in terms of meeting the performance specification drawn up by the
purchaser.

The performance specification shall include details of the standards and legislation which should be recognised and
complied with in the basic design of the plant.

A typical filling plant layout indicating the various equipment used in cylinder filling operations and its location is
shown in Chapter 2.0.

There are standards covering the minimum requirements for the design, location, construction, security, storage,
filling and distribution of cylinders and these must be followed in all cases.

These standards define the minimum safety distances and describe the cylinder filling area which should be at least 15
meters away from public thoroughfares and adjacent properties. The basic requirements include having a floor with
anti-glare protection and good impact resistance. The area must be provided with marked corridors on the floor for
personnel with a minimum width of one meter and corridors leading to the exit with 1.2 meters.

If it is necessary to provide drainage facilities to remove heavy ends, or to remove contamination from cylinders and
storage tanks, a drainage and storage system must be provided. This enables the product to be safely accumulated
and properly disposed of. The structure must be constructed of a non-combustible material.

The following Table 6.1 illustrates the minimum safety distance requirements in Brazil.

Table 6.1
In Brazil the approval and accreditation is done by the regulatory body, the National Agency of Petroleum (ANP). This

Table 6.1 – Minimum Safety Distances


Location Safety Distances
A B C D E F G H I J K L
Transfer Area A - 3.0 7.5 7.5 7.5 6.0 15 15 15 15 15 0
Pump or Compressor Area B 3.0 - 3.0 7.5 7.5 6.0 15 15 15 15 15 0
Fixed Vessels (tanks /bulk) C 7.5 3.0 * 7.5 15 7.5 15 15 15 15** 15** 0
Cylinder Storage-full/partially full/empty**** D 7.5 7.5 7.5 - 1.5 6.0 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5
Cylinder Filling Area E 7.5 7.5 15 1.5 - 6.0 15 15 15 15 15 0
Flammable Liquid Storage F 6.0 6.0 7.5 6.0 6.0 - 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.5
Utility/Services Area G 15 15 15 7.5 15 6.0 - 3.0 3.0 1.5 1.5 15
Operations Support Area H 15 15 15 7.5 15 6.0 3.0 - 3.0 1.5 1.5 15
Administration Area I 15 15 15 7.5 15 6.0 3.0 - 15
Site Boundary J 15 15 15** 7.5 15 6.0 1.5 - 15
Public Place** K 15 15 15** 7.5 15 6.0 1.5 - 15
Fixed Vessels for Decanting*** L 0 0 0 7.5 0 7.5 7.5 15 15 15 15 -
*See 4.2 & 4.3
**Refer to table 4 for vessels larger than 120m3
***Valid for vessels <10m3
****Minimum safety distances do not apply to new cylinders (gas free)

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