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Part 1: Fundamentals of Oxygen System Design and Analysis

May 3-4, 2010

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Summary

Length: 2 days

Overview: This course teaches the critical fundamentals of oxygen system safety that form the foundation for design and fire risk analysis of oxygen systems.

Pre-requisite/Background: This Fundamentals course is the pre-requisite class to the Part II Advanced Concepts course.

Concepts: Attendees will be taught concepts in fire hazards awareness, risk management, materials compatibility, ignition mechanisms, and fire reaction effects.

Objectives: The ultimate objective of the course is to introduce attendees to the Oxygen Hazards and Fire Risk Assessment (OHFRA) tool and enable them to analyze oxygen hazards in their own oxygen components and systems. In addition to system design, the course includes instruction on the critical aspects of oxygen system cleaning, assembly, operations, and maintenance, live demonstrations of oxygen fires, materials and components testing, design and analysis tools, and oxygen cleaning and visual inspection techniques. Students will learn how to practically maximize the use of oxygen compatible materials, minimize ignition mechanisms through proper design and cleaning, and utilize safe practices during systems operations and maintenance activities.

Who Should Attend: Process engineers, system designers and engineers, material and processes personnel, safety engineers and managers, and others.

Benefits: Each course is custom-tailored to meet the specific needs of the attendees. Through pre-course discussions and questionnaires, we customize each course to address the specific issues of the industries and systems represented.

Materials: Course includes the latest and most beneficial reference materials for oxygen system safety, including a copy of all course slides with supplemental data and reference materials.

Application: Courses allows interactive environment for attendees to participate, ask questions, and discuss special situations. Course provides excellent application through real-life system examples and exercises worked out in class.

 

Fundamentals Course Outline

1. Fundamentals of the Oxygen Fire Hazard
2. Introduction to the WHA Risk Management Approach
3. Introduction to the Oxygen Hazards & Fire Risk Assessment (OHFRA) Tool
4. Maximize Compatible Materials
   1. Oxygen-Compatibility of Metals vs. Nonmetals
   2. Ranking Material Flammability in the OHFRA
   3. Analyzing Flammability Data for Metals vs. Nonmetals
   4. Applications of Nonmetals (Including Lubricants and Thread Compounds) and Metals
5. Minimize Ignition Mechanisms
   1. Ranking Ignition Mechanisms in the OHFRA
   2. Definitions and Characteristic Elements for Common Ignition Mechanisms
   3. Standard Ignition Tests
   4. Applying Test Data to Evaluate Ignition Mechanism Severity
6. Utilize Good Practices
   1. Oxygen Component and System Cleaning: Start Clean, Verify Clean, Assemble Clean, Maintain Clean
   2. Oxygen System Design Concepts
   3. Good Practices for Operations and Maintenance
7. Apply the Oxygen Hazards and Fire Risk Assessment (OHFRA) Tool
   1. Overview of System-Level vs. Component-Level Analysis Techniques
   2. Review of Ranking System for Materials Flammability, Ignition Mechanisms and Reaction Effects
   3. Case Studies of Applying the OHFRA Tool on Industry-Specific Systems