Cryogenic Safety – Tanks and Vessels

This course is aimed at staff who are involved in managing and using both bulk and smaller vessels for storage and use of cryogens  The course outline is as follows:

1. Introduction
   
   - Aims and objectives
   - Legislation applicable and guidance available
   
   

2. Production and supply
   
   -  How cryogenic liquid gases are manufactured and shipped
   
   

3. Vessels
   
   - Design, construction and function of vessels (pressurized) liquid cylinders and dewars
   - Recommended checks and maintenance
   
   

4. Properties of cryogens
   
   - Cardice
   - Liquid nitrogen
   - Liquid helium
   - Liquid argon etc
   
   

5. The potential hazards
   
   - "Contact vs non-contact"
   - Oxygen deficiency
   - Oxygen enrichment
   - Carbon dioxide enrichment
   - Cryogenic burns, frostbite and hypothermia
   
   

6. Safety in vessel handling
   
   - Assessment
   - Selection of PPE
   - Key issues
   
   

7. Safety in cryogenic gas storage
   
   - Worst possible scenario
   - Ventilation and gas detection
   - Key issues
   
   

8. Risk assessment - worked example
   
   

9. Course questionnaire
   
   - How to enroll for the on-line questionnaire and certification portal
   
   

10. Open forum and closing comments
    
    
    

     

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    Please Note: If you book a place on this course and fail to attend or fail to give two working days notice of cancellation there will be a charge to cover costs. The charge for this course is approximately £50 per person based on the assumption of recruiting 12 delegates. If fewer than 12 are recruited, the cost is shared among the number attending.  
    
    Please forward, prior to the commencement of the course, the finance code for recharging the cost of the course to safety-office@nottingham.ac.uk 
    

    If you are intending to travel by car to the training venue, please allow sufficient time to locate a parking space and to walk to the training venue, as parking may not be available immediately adjacent.