Day two of the European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA) saw workshop momentum accelerate. Indeed, delegates divided into three streams A, B and C- each designed to offer a more focused opportunity for discussion about the respective topics- large plants, cylinder plants and healthcare.
Stream A – Large Plants
Stream A saw moderators, Christina Fry from Air Products, Jörg Fischer from Linde Engineering and Bernard Jumeau of Air Liquide, lead discussion on oxygen safety in large plants. Introductory speaker, SOL’s Andrea Mariotti offered his take on the three-part workshop: “Despite the plants being designed and operated by experts, all those involved need to be aware of the risks associated with oxygen. Large plants involve a high number of staff and because the oxygen inventory is so large and the associated pressures and flow are so high, there is inevitably a risk present and accidents, though infrequent, can happen.”
Mariotti pinpointed two particularly significant presentations, he said, “In the first two items discussed we heard about the operation of the main condenser and boiler, the workshop saw the consequence of accidents and the same in the case of bulk storage tanks. We can not afford to face an accident like this again, so we must focus on prevention.”
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