How to make the building housing the plant control room comply with safety regulations?
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When our plant was first built, the control room had windows and doors facing the equipment; the office building was located next to the control room. But it seems that there are now new safety regulations – there should be no windows or doors on the side of the control room that faces the equipment, and a certain distance should exist between the office building and the equipment. This situation may exist in many refineries. May I ask: 1. How did your plant address it? 2. What are the types of ventilation facilities? 3. What are the specific details of the new safety regulations? Thank you! ! !
Does no one know? No device modification?
Hire a design firm to design an explosion-proof wall, and that will solve the problem.
Thank you all! Is it okay if the safety distance for the blast wall is not sufficient?
Hehe, I’ll talk to the relevant management department about this. In fact, it was built in compliance with the regulations; I can explain that. Otherwise, it will be necessary to move it during renovation.
Conflict between old and new regulations: New installations that do not meet the specifications will definitely not pass the inspection; for existing installations, it is impossible to proceed unless the window openings are modified, as there is no way to address the issue of insufficient safety distances.
Back in 2000, our factory sealed all the windows in the control room that faced the equipment with reinforced concrete!
We also sealed all the windows in the control room that faced the equipment with reinforced concrete; now that’s great! Entering the control room is even more uncomfortable than entering a prison cell! It was extremely oppressive; it was like being in airtight cage made of reinforced concrete, and after staying there for a while, one would feel chest tightness and extreme discomfort due to lack of air. It is said that this is called 5S! We don’t know what this thing is either.
The control room of our facility originally faced the equipment, with doors and windows; during the renovation, the entire area facing the equipment was reinforced with reinforced concrete, and all the windows were sealed off. Passed the fire safety inspection.
Just seal it off. The ventilation openings should be modified preferably. Just don’t face the device side. If it has a skylight, install a skylight. It’s inspired by cars, hehehe. It seems like the guys who are working on formulating new rules haven’t thought of this loophole yet, hahahahaha:lol