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3、additional background material, much of it regulatory. API Std. 2015 Requirements for Safe Entry and Cleaning of Petroleum Storage Tanks 6th Edition, August 2001 (Reaffirmed May 2006) RP 2016 Guidelines and Procedures for Entering Phone: 1-800-699-9277 IHS Documents: ; Phone: 1-800-854-7179 Requirem
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20、should be submitted to the Standardization Manager,American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.iiiCONTENTSPage1 GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 Scope and Applicability. .
21、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 Non-Applicability and Other Tank Cleaning Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 ANSI/API Recommended Practice 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 Regulatory
22、Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 Tank Cleaning Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1 Codes, Standards and Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.2 United States Government Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.3 Other Publications and References . . . .
24、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25、 . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.1 General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.2 Written Tank Cleaning Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.3 Qualified Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.4 Training Requi
27、rements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.5 Contractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 Tank Cleaning Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 PREPARING THE TANK FOR ENTRY AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.1 Initial Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.2 Typical Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.3 Decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.4 Isolating the Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30、 . . 165.5 Control of Ignition Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.6 Vapor and Gas Freeing, Degassing, and Ventilating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185.7 Initial Tank Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 TESTING THE TANK ATMOSPHERE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.1 Atmospheric Testing Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.2 Atmospheric Testing Instruments . . . . .
32、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.3 Atmosphere Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20vPage7 STORAGE TANK HAZARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.
33、1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.2 Oxygen Deficiency and Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.3 Fire and Explosion Hazards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.4 Toxic Substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.5 Physical and Other Hazards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 HAZARD ASSESSMEN
35、T FOR ENTRY PERMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.2 Levels of Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36、 . . . . . . . . . . 278.3 Entry into Tanks Classified as Permit Required Confined Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . 278.4 Entry into Tanks Classified as Non-Permit Required Confined Spaces . . . . . . . 308.5 Entry into Tanks Classified as Non-Confined Spaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
37、.6 Entry for Assessment of Tank Condition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.1 Protective Clothing and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38、. . . . . 339.2 Respiratory Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3410 TANK CLEANING PERSONNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3610.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3610.2 Entry Supervisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3610.3 Entrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40、 . . . . . . . 3710.4 Attendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3810.5 Qualified Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3911 ENTERING AND WORKING INSIDE THE
41、 TANK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4011.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4011.2 Entry Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42、. . . . . 4011.3 Continuous Forced Air Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4111.4 Tank Safe (Cold) Work, Maintenance and Repairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4211.5 Undesirable Product, Sludge, and Residue Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . .
43、 . . . . . . . . . 4212 HOT WORK AND TANK REPAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212.2 Hot Work Permits. . . . . . . . . . . .
44、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212.3 Hot Work Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4312.4 Hot Work in Leaded Service Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45、. . 4412.5 Fire Prevention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4413 EMERGENCY PLANNING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44viPage13.1 Emergency Response Plan. . . . . . . . . . . .
46、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4413.2 Outside Rescue Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4513.3 Employer (Owner/Operator and Contractor) Rescuers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4513.4 Rescue Equipment .
47、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4613.5 Other Emergencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4713.6 Medical Emergencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4714 RECOMMISSIONING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4714.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4714.2 Recommissioni
49、ng Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4714.3 Refilling Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4814.4 Sampling and Gauging Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4814.5 Control of Ignition Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4915 TRAINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
