Publications

The use of a work permit system to manage potentially hazardous work tasks should ensure that risk is reduced to an acceptable level. This publication is intended to outline the key elements of a good work permit system for work performed at an EIGA member company operating site. This publication also only concerns itself with the general work permit. Additional separate procedures and extra authorisations would normally be required for specific high risk tasks such as; confined space. entry, hot work, high voltage electrical work or tasks utilising notifiable radiation sources.

This publication sets out the basic requirements to ensure that gas mixtures are manufactured safely.

This publication is a compilation of control marks stamped on compressed, liquefied or dissolved gas cylinders worldwide and updates a document first published in 1990. The publication lists existing control marks, which are found on the shoulder of cylinders and which helps the gases industry easily identify the characteristics of a cylinder.

This publication has been prepared by a group of experts in industrial gases technology or oxygen equipment and is based on currently available technical information and experience. It provides knowledge on the cleaning, inspection, and packaging and handling of equipment used in oxygen service. This publication describes the cleaning methods and requirements for equipment used in the production, storage, distribution, and use of liquid and gaseous oxygen to reduce the risk of fire, explosion, or promotion of combustion.

This publication describes techniques and recommended practices for the safe disposal of gases used in the industrial gases industry. It includes the identification and the selection of the appropriate disposal methods such as re-cycling, incineration and chemical adsorption/absorption/reaction.

The purpose of the publicationt is to provide general guidance on the design, manufacturing, installation and operation of centrifugal oxygen compressors, thereby safeguarding personnel and equipment as well as ensuring reduced downtime from this equipment. It is intended for those involved at all stages of centrifugal oxygen compressors including those who specify, design, install, operate and maintain these items.

This publication is intended to give the requirements for filling individual cylinders, bundles and battery vehicles containing different porous materials and different solvents. The publication is intended to supplement the existing standards by clarification of their safety philosophy and the method of implementation. It demonstrates the effects of the essential parameters, such as maximum acetylene content, necessary solvent content, acetylene/solvent ratio, acetylene filling tolerance, solvent filling tolerance, free volume in the cylinder, porosity of filler material.

This publication provides recommendations for pressure protection devices for static cryogenic vacuum insulated storage tanks used in the industrial gas industry. The principles of protection are identified, and the requirements of the protection devices are defined. A variety of devices are available to meet these requirements and each of these is considered from the point of view of design, construction, installation and periodic inspection and testing.