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Cylinder Storage: Table 6.3 Area Classification of Cylinder Filling and Cylinder Storage Facilities

The document provides a table classifying hazardous areas for cylinder filling and storage facilities. It defines Zone 1 as areas where a flammable atmosphere is continuously or long-term present. Zone 2 covers areas where a flammable atmosphere is unlikely during normal operation but may exist short-term. The table specifies what areas would be considered Zone 1 or Zone 2 for different cylinder storage and filling scenarios, both indoors and outdoors.

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Cylinder Storage: Table 6.3 Area Classification of Cylinder Filling and Cylinder Storage Facilities

The document provides a table classifying hazardous areas for cylinder filling and storage facilities. It defines Zone 1 as areas where a flammable atmosphere is continuously or long-term present. Zone 2 covers areas where a flammable atmosphere is unlikely during normal operation but may exist short-term. The table specifies what areas would be considered Zone 1 or Zone 2 for different cylinder storage and filling scenarios, both indoors and outdoors.

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The following table applies to both full and nominally empty cylinders, i.e. cylinders containing only vapour.

Refer to
6.6 for definitions of indoor and outdoor locations. Indoor storage locations are as defined in CS4 and summarised in
6.6.2. It should be noted that any variation to the requirements of 6.6.2, in the design of the building or a specially
designed storage area within a building, could change the extent of the hazardous area detailed in Table 6.3.

An example of this is where buildings or rooms, not intended for the storage of LPG, are connected to the LPG storage
area. In this case the hazard zone would need to be extended to cover all the inter-connected areas.

Table 6.3 Area Classification of Cylinder Filling and Cylinder Storage facilities

Description of the plant/equipment Extent of the hazardous area Area


constituting the hazard classification
Cylinder Storage
Cylinders stored in the open air Within the storage area up to a height of Zone 2
1.5 m above the top of the stack or
beneath any roof over the storage place
Outside the storage area, or the space Zone 2
covered by any roof, up to 1.5 m above
ground level within the distance set out
for a fixed source of ignition in Figure 6.3
Cylinder Storage
Cylinders within a building conforming Within the building or specially designed Zone 2
to 6.6.2 area within a building.
Outside any doorway, low level vents or Zone 2
any opening into the store, up to 1.5 m
above ground level at the distance to a
fixed source of ignition as given in Figure
6.3.
See also Figure 6.3a. Refer Note (1).
Cylinder Filling
Indoor Location Entire room Zone 1
Outside room to within 15 m of filling Zone 2
room (1)
Outdoor Location
Zone 1
Within 1.5 m of filling point
Zone 2
Within 16.5 m of filling point
Cylinder Maintenance
Cylinder maintenance room Zone 1
(indoor location) Entire Room Zone 2
Within 7.5 m of maintenance room (1)
Note (1) The definition assumes that the hazard Zone 2 is in the open.

6.4 Hazardous Areas and Zones

A hazardous area is a defined as a three-dimensional space in which a flammable atmosphere is expected to be


present at varying frequencies depending upon the operation carried out in the area. Hazardous areas are subdivided
into three zones:
- Zone 0 - That part of a hazardous area in which a flammable atmosphere is continuously present or
present for long periods

- Zone 1 - That part of a hazardous area in which a flammable atmosphere is likely to occur in normal
operation

- Zone 2 - That part of a hazardous area in which a flammable atmosphere is not likely to occur in normal
operation and when it does will exist only for a short duration

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