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M E M O R a N D U M National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471 Phone: 617-770-3000 • Fax: 617-770-0700 • www.nfpa.org M E M O R A N D U M TO: NFPA Technical Committee on Explosion Protection Systems FROM: Elena Carroll, Administrator, Technical Projects DATE: September 9, 2011 SUBJECT: NFPA 67 ROP TC Letter Ballot (F2012) ____________________________________________________________ The ROP letter ballot for NFPA 67 is attached. The ballot is for formally voting on whether or not you concur with the committee’s actions on the proposals. Reasons must accompany all negative and abstention ballots. Please do not vote negatively because of editorial errors. However, please bring such errors to my attention for action. Please complete and return your ballot as soon as possible but no later than Friday, September 30, 2011. As noted on the ballot form, please return the ballot to Elena Carroll either via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax to 617-984-7110. You may also mail your ballot to the attention of Elena Carroll at NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169. The return of ballots is required by the Regulations Governing Committee Projects. Attachments: Proposals Letter Ballot Report on Proposals – November 2012 NFPA 67 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 67-1 Log #CP13 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Technical Committee on Explosion Protection Systems, The Technical Committee on Explosion Protection Systems is proposing the adoption of a new document, NFPA 67, , as shown at the end of this report. The committee has developed this document to provide the user with criteria for designing piping systems to protect against damage from deflagrations or detonations due to combustion of flammable atmospheres therein. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 67-2 Log #CP1 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Technical Committee on Explosion Protection Systems, Revise Chapter 1 from draft as follows: This guide applies to the design, installation, and operation of piping systems containing flammable gases where there is a potential for ignition. This guide addresses protection methods for use where the pipe explosion risk is due to either a deflagration or a detonation. This guide does not apply to run-away reactions, decompositions, or oxidants other than oxygen. The purpose of this guide is to provide the user with criteria for designing piping systems to protect against damage from deflagrations or detonations due to combustion of flammable atmospheres therein. Protection of a pipe system can be by application of explosion prevention methods (see NFPA 69), deflagration venting (see NFPA 68), passive or active suppression and isolation methods, or containment. Deflagration containment or deflagration venting should include layout or designs that minimize the probability of deflagration-to-detonation (DDT) transition, unless the non-venting components of the system are designed to contain detonation. Some applications of this guide could include the following: (1) Process piping for which a hazard analysis has identified the potential for flammable mixtures (2) Vapor recovery system piping (3) Gas venting piping and manifolds (4) Gas piping for water electrolysis and fuel cell systems (5) Flare systems Chapter 1 was reviewed in its entirety for technical and editorial corrections. Printed on 9/9/2011 1 Report on Proposals – November 2012 NFPA 67 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 67-3 Log #CP2 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Technical Committee on Explosion Protection Systems, Revise Chapter 2 from draft as follows: The documents or portions thereof listed in this chapter are referenced within this guide and should b considered part of the recommendations of this document. National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471 NFPA 68, Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting, 2013 Edition. NFPA 69, Standard on Explosion Prevention Systems, 2008 Edition. International Organization for Standardization, 1, rue de Varembè, Case postale 56, CH-1211 Geneve 20, Switzerland. ISO 16852, Flame arresters- Performance Requirements, Test Methods, and Limits for Use, 2008 Edition. Chapter 2 was reviewed in its entirety for technical and editorial corrections. Printed on 9/9/2011 2 Report on Proposals – November 2012 NFPA 67 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 67-4 Log #CP3 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Technical Committee on Explosion Protection Systems, Revise Chapter 3 from draft as follows: The definitions contained in this chapter apply to the terms used in this guide. Where terms are not defined in this chapter or within another chapter, they should be defined using their ordinarily accepted meanings within the context in which they are used. , 11th edition, is the source for the ordinarily accepted meaning. Acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction. The National Fire Protection Association does not approve, inspect, or certify any installations, procedures, equipment, or materials; nor does it approve or evaluate testing laboratories. In determining the acceptability of installations, procedures, equipment, or materials, the authority having jurisdiction may base acceptance on compliance with NFPA or other appropriate standards. In the absence of such standards, said authority may require evidence of proper installation, procedure, or use. 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For insurance purposes, an insurance inspection department, rating bureau, or other insurance company representative may be the authority having jurisdiction. In many circumstances, the property owner or his or her designated agent assumes the role of the authority having jurisdiction; at government installations, the commanding officer or departmental official may be the authority having jurisdiction. A document that is advisory or informative in nature and that contains only non-mandatory provisions. A guide may contain mandatory statements such as when a guide can be used, but the document as a whole is not suitable for adoption into law. 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The means for identifying listed equipment may vary for each organization concerned with product evaluation; some organizations do not recognize equipment as listed unless it is also labeled. The authority having jurisdiction should utilize the system employed by the listing organization to identify a listed product. Indicates a recommendation or that which is advised but not required. The rate of flame propagation relative to the velocity of the unburned gas that is ahead of it. A chemical process of oxidation that occurs at a rate that is fast enough to produce heat and usually light, in the form of either a glow or flames. Propagation of a combustion zone at a velocity that is less than the speed of sound in the unreacted medium. The transition point to an unstable detonation. Propagation of a combustion zone at a velocity that is greater than the speed of sound in the Printed on 9/9/2011 3 Report on Proposals – November 2012 NFPA 67 unreacted medium. A detonation is a coupled combustion-shock wave complex that moves together with a wave speed that is supersonic, between 5 and 10 times the sound speed in the unburned gas ahead of the flame. Unlike a propagating flame (deflagration), the ideal
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