ANSI/NFPA 36-2009
Standard for Solvent Extraction Plants

Standard No.
ANSI/NFPA 36-2009
Release Date
2009
Published By
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Latest
ANSI/NFPA 36-2009
Scope
1.1.1* This standard shall apply to the commercial scale extraction processing of animal and vegetable oils and fats by the use of Class I flammable hydrocarbon liquids, hereinafter referred to as "solvents." 1.1.2 This standard shall also apply to any equipment and buildings that are located within 30 m (100 ft) of the extraction process. 1.1.3 This standard shall also apply to the unloading, storage, and handling of solvents, regardless of distance from the extraction process. 1.1.4 This standard shall also apply to the means by which material to be extracted is conveyed from the preparation process to the extraction process. 1.1.5 This standard shall also apply to the means by which extracted desolventized solids and oils are conveyed from the extraction process. 1.1.6 This standard shall also apply to preparation and meal finishing processes that are connected by conveyor to the extraction process, regardless of intervening distance. 1.1.7* This standard shall not apply to the storage of raw materials or finished products. 1.1.8 This standard shall not apply to extraction processes that use liquids that are miscible with water. 1.1.9 This standard shall not apply to extraction processes that use flammable gases, liquefied petroleum gases, or nonflammable gases. 1.1.10 This standard shall prohibit the use of processes that employ oxygen-active compounds that are heat or shock sensitive, such as certain organic peroxides, within the area defined in 1.1.2.

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