Novel Approach to Drum Venting and Drum Monitoring.

Ohl, P. C. ; Farwick, C. C. ; Douglas, D. G. ; Cruz, E. J.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Containers;    Monitoring;    Corrosion;    Depressurization;    Explosions;   

RP-ID  :  DE2004825682

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

This paper describes the details and specifications associated with drum venting and drum monitoring technologies, and discusses the maturity of in-place systems and current applications. Each year, unventilated drums pressurize and develop bulges and/or breaches that can result in potentially hazardous explosions, posing undesirable hazards to workers and the environment. Drum venting is accomplished by the safe and simple installation of ventilated lids at the time of packaging, or by the inherently risky in-situ ventilation (depressurization) of 'bulged' drums. Drum monitoring employs either a Magnetically Coupled Pressure Gauge (MCPG) Patent Pending and/or a Magnetically Coupled Corrosion Gauge (MCCG) Patent Pending.