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General Safety

General Safety. Personal protective wear. Safety Classes Protective Clothing Gloves. Source of Portable and drinkable water. Drinking Fountains Rest Rooms Eye Wash Stations Safety Showers Drench Hoses. Fire Safety Equipment.

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General Safety

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  1. General Safety

  2. Personal protective wear • Safety Classes • Protective Clothing • Gloves

  3. Source of Portable and drinkable water • Drinking Fountains • Rest Rooms • Eye Wash Stations • Safety Showers • Drench Hoses

  4. Fire Safety Equipment • Class A = Ordinary combustible solids (paper, wood, rubber, textiles, etc.) • Class B = Flammable liquids, gases, and greases • Class C = Fires involving energized electrical equipment • Class D = Fires involving combustible metals (Li, Na, K, Zn, Al, Mg, etc

  5. Health Hazard • Skin • Eye • Inhalation • Ingestion • Injection

  6. OPERATIONAL SAFETY

  7. Cooling Water • Condense Vapor • Reduces pressure build up • Hazardous Organic Vapors • Explosion • Inhalation hazard

  8. Distillate Receiver • Watch Fluid Level • Overflow will effect initial component ratios • Use the REFLUX pump to maintain fluid level

  9. Reboiler • Monitor fluid level • Flooding • Data Acquisition • Not enough can cause explosion • Change flow rates • Bottoms • Reflux rate

  10. Feed Tank • Always have some feed • Can cause damage to the reboiler • Manual stirring • Metallic rod • Sparks • Spills

  11. Past Safety Incidents • Chemical Spills • Due to negligence of correct procedure • Fully understand and be able to carry out the procedure

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