Whiskey blending room

[Dan@A&D]

First of all, is a whiskey blending room considered a hazardous location? There is no distillation at this location.

 

[kwired]

What exactly is happening in this process and is there alcohol in the product at this time?

If there is alcohol is it open to the environment at any time during the process or is it contained in vessels and/or piping systems and only would be vapors present if there was a rupture or other abnormal incident?

The possible concentration level is probably the next thing that would come into play.

 

[Dan@A&D]

The alcohol will be open to the environment for brief periods of time for blending and bottling.

 

[kwired]

Don't know enough about this industry to comment much more. Would guess the amount of vapor that can be in the air is a big factor at determining if or what classification will need to be.

Never seen a bar with a hazardous location that don't mean vapors can't be more concentrated in distillery or other high volume open handling areas.

 

[kwired]

Don't know enough about this industry to comment much more. Would guess the amount of vapor that can be in the air is a big factor at determining if or what classification will need to be.

Never seen a bar with a hazardous location that don't mean vapors can't be more concentrated in distillery or other high volume open handling areas.

Add ventilation possibly can have a factor here as well.

 

[rbalex]

There are usually multiple factors to evaluate:

• Process or storage temperature
• Vapor pressure of the material at the temperature in question
• Mass release rate
• The topography of the location (usually the available volume and natural barriers, if any)
• Adequate ventilation if in closed locations

At this point, I recommend having the evaluation made by someone qualified to do so.