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Inerting truck and rail car out of terminals

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JBENGR

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Can anyone point me in the right direction in NFPA stating the requirements for purging/inerting before loading Rail Cars?
 
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Or anything in API?
 
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What are you going to load them with?
 
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Alcohols and esters.
 
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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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