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Waste storage

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Vaione

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hey guys i am working in additives plant. we have hazardeous waste called hexane. we storage it in standard size drum. now it not under the roof. my research says that at around 90 F its pressure is 4 Psai and and at 100F it is 8 Psai. my question is how we can keep low temprature. is shade will work?? guide me
 
What's your ambient temperature in the storage facility? Keeping it out of the sun definitively helps

<<A good friend will bail you out of jail, but a true friend
will be sitting beside you saying ” Damn that was fun!” - Unknown>>
 
white drums help. Shade helps.
Cylinderize the hexane, so it can be under pressure.



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StoneCold
 
Sell it to the food processors, don't store it.
 
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