Colorless gas, MP -111 O<\/sup>C, BP 10.7 O<\/sup>C, LEL 3%, UEL 100%, TLV 1 ppm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 It is toxic, flammable and explosive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Fire and explosion hazard when exposed to heat or flame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 To fight fire use CO2, DCP or alcohol foam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 It can react with acids and bases, ammonia, copper, mercaptans, potassium, alcohol, AlCl3, Al2O3 etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Vaporizes rapidly at ambient temperature, can cause cold burns and it is soluble in water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 PVC gloves, aprons, gum boots, goggles or face shield and BA set are necessary to handle E.O<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Avoid heat, flame and ignition source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Dilute spillage with plenty of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Provide nitrogen blanketing and preferably keep storage tank refrigerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Its pressure should be kept within operating limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Equipment cleaning may be done with citric acid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Prevent back flow of any chemical into EO vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Storage tanks should be separated and at least 15 meter from plants and buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Collusion of vehicles should be prevented by fencing and barricade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Spillage should be directed to remote catch pit by an impermeable and sloppy floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 It polymerizes by iron rust, acids, bases and by chlorides of iron and other metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Polymerization is highly exothermic and may result in explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 MOC: SS or MS<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Insulation: mineral wool covered by galvanised or SS cladding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Gasket should be teflon coated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Level gauges are float differential type, torque tube type or magnetic float type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Compound pressure and vacuum gauge is preferable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Temperature gauges with high and low alarm is necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Double safety valves with 2 mtr discharge outlet pipe, flame arrester on outlets and nitrogen purging connections are required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 To prevent reverse flow of E.O, NRV and double block and bleed valve system is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 In emergency, start water system or ciruclate chilled water through limpet coils or use fire water hydrant system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Pump temperature should not rise by 3 degree C. therefore it should be kept cool by recycle from delivery to suction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 A centrifugal pump with mechanical seal is normally used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 To avoid accident of EO road tankers, provide driver with TREM CARD, DCP extinguisher, PVC hand gloves and respirators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Handling and storage of E.O (Ethylene oxide)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[12,405,406,404,403,6,8,20,3],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safety-blog","tag-accident","tag-chemical","tag-chemical-handling","tag-ethylene-oxide","tag-handling-and-storage-of-e-o-ethylene-oxide","tag-hse","tag-industrial-safety","tag-pdis","tag-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1010,"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions\/1010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehs-hub.contentstudioo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Safety Measures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n