ASTM publishes safety manual on use of oxygen systems.
Press Release Summary:
Manual 36, Safe Use of Oxygen and Oxygen Systems: Handbook for Design, Operation, and Maintenance, 2nd Edition, provides a practical set of guidelines for safe oxygen system design, storage, handling, and usage. It is a reference tool for designers, users, operators, maintainers, quality assurance personnel, insurance and safety inspectors, and project managers who can incorporate these guidelines into their projects or facilities.
Original Press Release:
ASTM Publishes Manual on Safe Use of Oxygen and Oxygen Systems
Manual 36, Safe Use of Oxygen and Oxygen Systems: Handbook for Design, Operation and Maintenance, 2nd Edition, is now available from ASTM International. This heavily revised new edition provides a practical set of guidelines for safe oxygen system design, storage, handling and usage. Harold D. Beeson, Sarah R. Smith and Walter F. Stewart served as the editors for the manual.
Manual 36 begins with an overview of the basic oxygen safety guidelines, followed by a description of oxygen system ignition mechanisms and materials information related to flammability, ignition and combustion. Next, the process for performing an oxygen compatibility assessment is described, followed by design principles, which are fundamental to the safe use of oxygen. Cleaning for oxygen service is the next topic, followed by various operational issues, such as storage facility design, transportation and transfer, equipment hazards and emergency procedures.
Appendices include some chemical and physical properties of oxygen, a summary of physical properties of engineering materials, and a summary of some pressure vessel testing, inspection and recertification requirements. They also include a general discussion of applicable codes, regulations and guidelines related to the use of oxygen, as well as a brief review of scaling laws, explosions, blasts and fragments.
This volume is a valuable reference tool for designers, users, operators, maintainers, quality assurance personnel, insurance and safety inspectors, and project managers who will be able to incorporate these guidelines into their projects or facilities.
Copies of Manual 36, Safe Use of Oxygen and Oxygen Systems: Handbook for Design, Operation, and Maintenance, 2nd Edition (152 pages, soft cover, 8.5" x 11"; ISBN: 978-0-8031-4470-5; stock #MNL36-2ND) are available for $83 from ASTM Customer Service (phone: 610/832-9585; fax: 610/832-9555; service@astm.org) or online at www.astm.org.
