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Inerting truck and rail car out of terminals

Inerting truck and rail car out of terminals

Inerting truck and rail car out of terminals

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Can anyone point me in the right direction in NFPA stating the requirements for purging/inerting before loading Rail Cars?

RE: Inerting truck and rail car out of terminals

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Or anything in API?

RE: Inerting truck and rail car out of terminals

What are you going to load them with?

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Alcohols and esters.

RE: Inerting truck and rail car out of terminals

Typically, flammable liquids aer 'blown in' using N2 at about 25 psi. Thus the typical car arrives inerted, since the offloading was sane as loading; blown with N2 [gently - and per ARR, the cars have PRV]

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