Entry to methanol tank
Entry to methanol tank
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Hi Guys,
I am new to this so hope i am going in the right direction with my question.
We are planning to enter a 4500m3 methanol tank to do NDT and cleaning/repair if needed. Would someone out there have a procedure for the opening/entering/inspection that may have been used in the past. The safety with this job would be huge and i want to make sure i am not missing anything important.
Regards,
Dec
I am new to this so hope i am going in the right direction with my question.
We are planning to enter a 4500m3 methanol tank to do NDT and cleaning/repair if needed. Would someone out there have a procedure for the opening/entering/inspection that may have been used in the past. The safety with this job would be huge and i want to make sure i am not missing anything important.
Regards,
Dec





RE: Entry to methanol tank
Please get the training, or hire an expert [not a semi-expert] Mistakes on Confined Space Entry kill people all the time. You really don't want to be a party to an on-the-job death.
RE: Entry to methanol tank
Be careful with MeOH tanks as they can be hard to get clean for
vessel entry. We have two tanks and will not allow any entry using Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). The tank has to be man safe.
I don't know how much portable testing equipment you have but you
will have to clear certain gases as part of the permitting before and during the job. Here is the Drager site with information on testing
and have rental equipment to accomplish this. This equipment is
sold by numerous laboratory supply houses and some safety stores.
Drager did rent this equipment not a bad thing as it's expensive
especially if you only need it occasionally.
http://www.draeger.com/US/en_US/
Check with any industry around you as our company's safety department conducted several seminars when it became mandatory to gave the hole watch some training.
RE: Entry to methanol tank