I have a small medical build out that I am working on. They have one oxygen room where they have a oxygen manifold to distribute oxygen to the patients. They also store there oxygen there. The prints do not call out for any special installation. Are oxygen rooms considered a hazardous location?
Oxygen Room in a Medicial Building
- Thread starter Jodonnell
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- Mission Viejo, CA
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- Professional Electrical Engineer
Are you implying it is a classified location?
I am not sure, but my thought is that oxegen is combustable gas. but i could not find a good refernce.
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Oxygen is not a combustible gas.
For combustion you need fuel and oxygen, so oxygen by itself is not a hazardous material.
Chris
I thought that the OP was talking about an oxegen room where they will be storing oxegen .
Take a look at this click. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse8.pdf
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I thought that the OP was talking about an oxegen room where they will be storing oxegen .
Take a look at this click. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse8.pdf
Oxygen is not a Class 1 flamable liquid therefore oxygen storage areas are not a Class 1 location.
I agree that there can be hazards when storing oxygen, but oxygen by itself is not a fire hazard like gasoline is.
Chris
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- Mission Viejo, CA
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- Professional Electrical Engineer
Basically, oxygen increases the potential volatility of the hazard but, in absence of a fuel, does not itself create the hazard.
The room as described in the OP does not require classification. Now if they also stored Flammable Anesthetics (see the definition in 517.2) that would be a much different story.
The room as described in the OP does not require classification. Now if they also stored Flammable Anesthetics (see the definition in 517.2) that would be a much different story.
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