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1. Compatibility of Gas and Cylinder Material ........................................................................Page 1
2. ASU Cold Box Over-pressurisation .....................................................................................Page 1
commonly in
small bore impulse lines. This is prevalent at the Summary
upper parts of the cold box, usually on the argon
system but can occur at any location. In summary, the following factors should be
considered during the lifetime of a cold box:
Preventive measures
• The existence of an active interspace purge at
Both design and safe operating practices all times should be confirmed by the logging of
contribute to the prevention of the above- purge gas flow.
mentioned risks.
• Thermal stress relief design of cold box piping
Relief systems and components.
The importance of relief systems in mitigating a • Over-pressure incidents typically occur during
cold box over-pressure incident is high. The plant thawing in preparation for maintenance.
location of the chosen system on the cold box Proper risk assessments should be performed
faces is as important as the design basis for the and contingency plans laid. Documented plant
sizing and number of devices. A typical design defrosting plans are recommended and should
basis would be the maximum flow for the purge define valves status, flows, and time/-
and/or failure of an instrument line and/or a hole in temperature charts at various critical process
a liquid phase line. points.
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