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Indian Standard
CODE OF PRACTICE FOR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM
GAS STORAGE INSTALLATIONS
PART 2 COMMERCIAL,
INDUSTRIAL
STORAGE
AND DOMESTIC
BULK
INSTALLATIONS
(First Revision)
ICS 75.200
0 BIS 2001
BUREAU
OF
INDIAN
STANDARDS
2001
Price Group 5
FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (pm 2) (First Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft
finalized by the Petroleum Products Sectional Committee had been approved by the Petroleum, Coal and Related
Products Division Council.
This code was prepared with a view to recommend basic safety requirements and practice for the design,
construction and safe operation of storage and ancillary facilities for LPG. Wherever these recommendations
conflicts with the statutory regulations framed by the Chief Controller of Explosives and Local Fire Brigade
Authorities then the latter shall prevail.
This standard was first published in 1972. In this version (first revision) scope has been enlarged covering
aerosol plant and auto LPG stations. Location of storage tanks and regulating equipment, fittings of storage
tanks, filling capacity installation of underground tanks, pipe fittings, installation and testing, hoses pumps,
compressors and meters used for LPG, transfer of LPG from railway tank wagons and water supply have been
modified with the latest codes and orders.
In using this standard, IS 4576 which lists the various types of LPG generally marketed, shall be borne in mind.
In usingthis standard, the static pressure vessel code which is being framed by the Chief Controller of Explosives
shall be borne in mind.
In the preparation of this standard, considerable assistance has been derived from the following publications:
Safety Recommendations IGE/SR16Liquefied Petroleum Gases, July 1968. The Institution of Gas Engineers,
17 Grosvenor Crescent; London SW I.
Storage and Handling Liquefied Petroleum Gases, 1967(N.F.P.A.) 58 The National Fire Protection Association
International, 60 Batterymarch Street, Boston, Mass, USA.
Huges (JR), Storage and Handling of Petroleum Liquids, Practice and Law, 1967; Charles Griffin&Co Ltd;
42 Dnuy Lane; London W.E. 2.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Safety Code, Part 9:1967, The Institute of Petroleum, London.
Indian Standard
CODE OF PRACTICE FOR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM
GAS STORAGE INSTALLATIONS
PART 2 COMMERCIAL,
INDUSTRIAL
STORAGE
AND DOMESTIC
BULK
INSTALLATIONS
( First Revision)
1 SCOPE
IS NO.
1239
1367
(Rrt2) :1979
Industrial
Maximum Water
Capacity of
Group of Tanks,
Litres
130000
260000
80000
commercial
@m
Domestic
20000
407:1981
1913
(Rut 1): 1978
1978:1982
1979:1985
Hightest
line pipe (second revision)
2148:1981
2309:1989
REFERENCES
Product
80000
@rt3) :1991
2501:1995
2 NoRMAm
(secoid revision)
Maximum Water
Capacity of
an Individual
Tank, Litres
(second revision)
Premises
7itle
2825: 1%9
3043:1987
3710:1978
4576:1999
4712:1984
Title
4864: 19&8
(third revision)
REGULATINGEQUIPMENT
3.1 Location and Spacing
3.1.1 Storage tanks and first stage regulating equipment
if used, shall be located outside of buildings.
3.2 Bunding
3.3.3 Undergronndtanks shall bepmtected from above-groundloading by providing a suitable curb to prevent
a possible accidental damage to the tank and its fittings
by LPGtanklony.
LPG
No.
Storage
Capacity
Distance
Water
Tank
Line,
(in Litres)
[
(1)
(2)
from
Distance
Tanks,
Building/Property
of Individual
rn
Under- 1
Ground
AboveGround
(3)
5
AboveGround
Under- 1
Ground
(4)
(5)
(6)
1.5
7.5
1.5
1.5
i)
up to
ii)
10
iii)
15
10
1.5
iv)
20
15
2000
Between
0.25 dia of
vessel or 1.5 m
(Min)
v)
15
30
0.25 dia of
vessel or 1.5 m
(A4in)
NOTE If the aggregate water capacity of a multi-tank installation is 40000 Iitres or greater, the above minimum safety
distances shall apply to the aggregate storage capacity rather than the capacity per individual storage tank.
4.3 Fittings
4.3.1 General
a) Each tank shall be provided with the following
fittings:
i) Pressure relief valve connected to the vapour
space 2 No.
ii) Independent liquid vessel indicatorslgauge
2 No.
iii) Pressure gauge connected to the va~our mace
ifthe tank has over 2500 Iitres wat;r cap~city.
Furthermore, each of these fittings shall be suitable for
use with LPG at pressures not less than the design
pressure of the tank to which they are fitted.
4.3.3 Shut-oflandEmegency
Shut-o#Valves
SI
Protective
Material
No.
Minimum
Thickness
(2)
(1)
i)
5 PJPJNGVAIYESAND FIMINGS
in cm
(3)
5.1 Materhds
5.1.1 All materials including non-metallic parts for
valves, seals, gaskets, and diaphragms shall be resistant
to the action of LPG under the service conditions to
which they are subjected.
Plaster:
(a)
(b)
(c)
Vermiculite plaster
Perlite plaster
One layer gypsum wallboard,
with 5 cm perlite over 1 cm
gypsum board, 1.5 cm scratch
coat, and 3.5 cm brown coat
4.5
4,5
6.5
ii)
iii)
Brick
10
iv)
10
5.4 Valves
AND
6.1 Hoses
6.1.1 The design, materials, and construction of hoses
shall be suitable for the grade of LPG which they are to
handle. They shall be tested at 30 k@rn2 during initihl
manufacturer aod designed to withstand a minimum
bursting pressure of four times the maximum pressure
they will cany in service.
5.6 Bolting
Bolting shall be supplied according to IS 1367
(Parts 1 to 3).
5.7 Installation and Testing
7.2 Construction
7.1 General
Vaporizing
of Vaporizer
from
of Vaporizer,
kglh
up to
Distance
80
Over
80 and up to 220
Over
220
tora~r~~~r!y
~~~~
4.5
7.5
15
10 FIREPROTEC!TION
8 GENERALSAFETYREQUIREMENTS
10.1 General
ANNEX A
[(Clause4.3.2(b)]
CAPACITYOF SAFETYVALVES(JNCUBICMETRESPERMINUTEOFAIRWITHRESPECT
TO SURFACEAREAOFTHEPRESSUREVESSEIX)
Surface
Area in
d
Flow Rate
in m31Min
ofA ir
Surface
Area in
&
Flow Rate
in m31A4in
ofA ir
Surface
Area in
d
Flow Rate
in m3tMin
ofAir
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
19
23
27
31
34
15.5
16.0
16.5
17.0
17.5
102
106
108
111
114
56
61
66
71
76
292
315
335
356
377
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
37
42
44
46
50
18
19
20
21
22
116
121
IX
132
137
81
86
91
%
101
398
418
437
459
476
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
54
56
58
62
65
23
24
25
26
27
142
147
152
158
162
106
111
116
121
126
495
513
533
550
570
9.5
10.0
10.5
11.0
11.5
68
71
75
77
81
28
29
30
31
32
166
174
178
183
187
131
136
141
146
151
589
m
625
644
662
12.0
12.5
13.0
13.5
14.0
83
86
88
91
94
33
34
35
36
41
192
195
200
204
227
156
161
166
171
176
680
698
715
733
751
14.5
15.0
97
99
46
51
2s0
272
180
765
ANNEX B
(Clause 4.4. 1)
MAXIMUM
LPGRelative
Density at
15.5C
Above-Grouyl
%itig
Density
Containers
MaximumLPG
Filling
Density
MaximumLPG 1
Content at
15.50CV&me
Percent
(5)
Percent
Content at
15.50CVohnne
Percent
(1)
(2)
(3)
Percent
(4)
0.4%-0.503
0.504-0.510
0.511-0.519
0.520-0.527
0.528~.536
41
42
43
44
45
82.6-81.5
83.3-82.3
84.1-82.8
84.6433.5
85.2-83.9
45
46
47
48
49
90.7-89.4
91.2-90.2
91.9-90.5
92.3-91.1
92.8-91.4
0.537-0.544
0,5454.552
0.5534).560
0.561-0.56S
0.5694).576
46
47
48
49
50
85.6-84.5
86.2-85.1
86.8-85.7
87.3-86.3
87.9-86.7
50
51
52
53
54
93.1-91.9
93.5-92.3
94.0-92.9
94.4-93.4
94.9-93.7
0.577-0.584
0.585-0.592
0.5934.600
51
52
53
88.4-87.4
89.9-87.8
89.4-88.3
55
%
57
95.3-94.2
95.8-94.5
96.1-95.0
ANNEX C
(Clause 9.2)
C-1.l Training
The following
commercial
recommendations
apply to industrial
and
installations.
systems should be
d) The inner-connecting
checked to ensure that product cannot be
charged into lines, equipmenq or containers not
designed to handle it and that unacceptable
product contamination will not occur.
During
LPG
transfers
from
container
to
container
and on completion
of the operation,
the
receiving container should be checked to ensure that
it is not being overtlled and on completion is not filled
above its s~afeworking
level.
during
the transfer
ftom accidental
operation.
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