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Good engineering practice for hydrogen peroxide

Good engineering practice for hydrogen peroxide

Good engineering practice for hydrogen peroxide

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I'm involved in a project that's treating contaminated groundwater with 35% solution of hydrogen peroxide. The treatment system is in a shed and the H2O2 solution is transfered through a metering pump. I have a few questions regarding good engineering practice for such hydrogen peroxide systems.

1) Does the metering pump need to have secondary containment like the H202 storage tank?

2) Can a non-explosion proof pump be kept in the same shed as the H2O2 tank?

3) The shed is non-ventilated, outside, in West Virginia. I know high temps are not good for H2O2, but what is the cut-off for safety purposes?

I'd appreciate any input on the above questions, or any resources I could go to find the necessary answers and other engineering practices for such systems.

Thanks for all help.

RE: Good engineering practice for hydrogen peroxide

Consult you local fire code, in West Virgina could be the uniform UFC or the standard fire code SFC, the local fire marshall may increase requirements above those listed in the fire code

Hydrae

RE: Good engineering practice for hydrogen peroxide

Here is a good source of info on H2O2 use

     http://www.h2o2.com/

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