Oil and gas pipe line and pumping stations - The Flame Detector Company | Sense-Ware

Oil and Gas Pipe Line and
Pumping Stations

There is a moderate fire risk for pipe racks. Pipe racks are typically a zone 2/22 operation connecting zone 1/21 operations. Depending on the spill fires after leakages. Valves of piper compressors depend on the combustibility of the medium, to be compressed.
We will focus on combustible media.

Detector choice: recommended

Typical risks

Typical features for pipe racks are:

  • A leak at a pipe joint containing a hazardous liquid.
  • The rupture or loss of containment, during a fire, of surrounding hazardous piping systems, not otherwise compromised, adding fuel to the fire.
  • A pipe rack may collapse due to the heat of a fire.
  • Spill fires and expanding fires should be expected.

Typical requirements

  • Monitoring pumps, valves and pipe joints.

Detector choice

Recommended: IR3 or UV/IR Flame Detectors.