Applying the API Alternate Method for Area Classification

The 1997 editions of API RP 500 and RP 505 pertaining to the classification of petroleum facilities included a new informative annex-an alternate method for area classification. The intent of this paper is to go beyond the development of the alternate method and provide some insight and ideas on the...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on industry applications 2007-01, Vol.43 (1), p.162-171
Main Authors: Propst, J.E., Barrios, L.A., Lobitz, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternate method
American Petroleum Institute (API) refining area classification
API
Area classification
Chemical industry
Classification
Crude oil
History
Industry Applications Society
Petroleum
Production
Refining
Standards development
Surveillance
Transportation
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Summary:The 1997 editions of API RP 500 and RP 505 pertaining to the classification of petroleum facilities included a new informative annex-an alternate method for area classification. The intent of this paper is to go beyond the development of the alternate method and provide some insight and ideas on the application of the alternate method. This paper will briefly cover the history behind the development of the alternate method. It will then review the application of the method to specific sources of release and compare the results with other methods of evaluation such as the conventional methods described in RP 500/505 and the methods described in NFPA 497. Finally, this paper will describe real-life scenarios, in which the alternate method has or could be used to evaluate difficult applications
ISSN:0093-9994
1939-9367
DOI:10.1109/TIA.2006.887000