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Document ID (ISN)103436
CIS number 04-433
Year 2004
Convention or series no. Nota técnica nº03DSST/SIT/MTE
Title Industrial refrigeration using ammonia: Hazards, safety and financial auditing
Original title Refrigeração industrial por amônia: Riscos, segurança e auditoria fiscal [in Portuguese]
Bibliographic information Fundacentro, Rua Capote Valente, 710, Pinheiros, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05409-002, Brazil, 2004. 18p. Illus.
Internet access http://www.fundacentro.gov.br/CTN/nota_tec_AMONIA.pdf [in Portuguese]
Abstract Safety data sheet on industrial refrigeration systems that use ammonia. Contents: general description of such systems; data sheet on ammonia itself; hazards of refrigeration systems; safe management of refrigeration systems (installation, equipment and materials, protection methods, training of workers, relevant standards); financial auditing of safety measures; case study of an accident involving ammonia in a refrigeration plant in the city of Natal (state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) and ensuing safety recommendations.
Descriptors (primary) refrigerating equipment; ammonia; Brazil
Descriptors (secondary) case study; accident descriptions; safety guides; replaced; data sheet; economic aspects
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceBrazil
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s) Fires, explosions and major hazards
Browse category(ies) Inorganic substances