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DEMONSTRATED: TWO WAYS TO CUT FUEL DELIVERY RISKS
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By R. D. Cater
TWO of the potential hazards affecting vehicles delivering to petrol stations and similar installations have been tackled in a new filling station shortly to be opened by Atlantic Petroleum Ltd., at Hampden Park, Eastbourne. One of these is a built-in fire fighting system using CO2 and the other is clear marking of tank stand-pipes to prevent wrong tankfilling by delivery drivers.
The fire-fighting system was very impressively demonstrated last week when a petrol pump and the storage tank manholes for two tanks were set ablaze and the fire was extinguished in just under 40 seconds.
Devised by a director of Petropump Ltd —the company responsible for the installation—in collaboration with Minimax Ltd, the system uses carbon dioxide stored in cylinders at 750 p.s.i. In an emergency, a quick-acting valve is depressed, releasing the CO, through pipelines to the manholes and the casings of the dispensing pumps. The largest cylinders of carbon dioxide available have a capacity of 701b, but where there is a need for much larger quantities of gas in a bigger installation, bottles can be mani folded together.
To eliminate the need for manual operation of the system, the operating valve can be opened electronically from any of a series of strategically placed alarm buttons.
Another step to reducing hazards is the use of neck fittings devised by Petropump Ltd. for the stand-pipes of storage tanks, making it virtually impossible for fuel to be delivered to the wrong tank.