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Personnel safety with pressurized gas systems
Author(s) -
Cadwallader Lee C.,
Zhao Haihua
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
process safety progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1547-5913
pISSN - 1066-8527
DOI - 10.1002/prs.11850
Subject(s) - forensic engineering , business , waste management , petroleum engineering , engineering , aeronautics , environmental science
In this article, selected aspects of safety with compressed gas systems are discussed. Several accident case histories are described that illustrate the potential modes of injury from gas jets, pressure‐driven missiles, and asphyxiants. Using high‐pressure helium and nitrogen, estimates of safe exclusion distances to prevent skin injuries from gas leaks are calculated for differing pressures, temperatures, and breach sizes. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog 35: 330–336, 2016