Definition: Appurtenance means all devices such as pumps, compressor, safety relief devices, liquid-level gauging devices, valves and pressure gauges.
You must: • Make sure each appurtenance installed before February 8, 1973, is determined to be safe by meeting one of the following:
– Approved, tested, and installed by either:
▪ The American National Standard for the Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia (in effect at the time of installation)
▪ The Fertilizer Institute Standards for the Storage and Handling of Agricultural Anhydrous Ammonia (in effect at the time of installation)
– Accepted, certified, listed, or labeled, by a nationally recognized testing laboratory
– Inspected or tested by a federal, state, municipal, or local authority responsible for enforcing occupational safety provisions, when no nationally recognized laboratory will provide approval
– Tested and approved by a registered professional engineer or other qualified person if the system is a custom-designed or custom-built unit and no other recognized entity will provide approval
– Keep a document on file signed by the qualified person that indicates the unit is safe. Include the test bases, test data and results and the qualifications of the qualified person.
You must: • Make sure container appurtenances are both of the following:
– Designed for at least the working pressure for the portion of the system where installed;
AND – Fabricated from materials suitable for anhydrous ammonia service.
• Make sure fixed liquid level gauges, except on refrigerated storage:
– Are designed so the maximum volume of the container filled by liquid does not exceed eighty-five percent of its water capacity;
AND – Have a coupling into which it is threaded that is placed at the eighty-five percent level of the container
▪ If located elsewhere, install the dip tube of this gauge so it can not be easily removed.
• Equip each container, except those filled by weight, with an approved liquid level gauging device that does all of the following:
– Has a design pressure equal to or greater than the design pressure of the container
– Are arranged so the maximum liquid fill level of containers can be readily determined.
• Follow additional requirements found in Table 5, Appurtenance Requirements for all Systems
Table 5
Appurtenance Requirements for all Systems
| If you have: | Then make sure they: |
| Safety relief devices | Do not have discharge termination in or beneath any building. |
| Safety relief valves | Have a flow capacity that is not restricted by any connection to it on either the upstream or downstream side. |
| Connections to containers | Have shut off valves located as close to the container as possible. |
| | Exemption: Safety relief devices, gauging devices or devices fitted with a No. 54 drill size hole are not required to have shut off valves located as close to the container as possible. |
| Connections and the line, including valves and fittings | Have a greater rated flow than the excess flow valves that protects them |
| Excess flow valves, where required | Meet all of the following: |
| | • | Are designed with a bypass no larger than a No. 60 drill size opening to allow equalization of pressures. |
| | • | Close automatically at the rated flow of vapor or liquid specified by the manufacturer. |
| | • | Maintain legible markings. |
| Excess flow valves provided with shut off valves | Are designed to close if the shut off valve breaks during installation |
| Excess flow and back pressure check valves, where required | Are located either: |
| | | • | Inside the container; |
| | | | OR |
| | | • | Outside the container as long as the excess flow valve is: |
| | | – | As close as possible to the entrance of the line; |
| | | | AND |
| | | – | Installed without excessive stress that could result in breakage between the container and the valve. |
| Liquid level gauging devices that: | Are either: |
| – | Require bleeding of the product into the atmosphere such as the rotary tube, fixed tube, and slip tube devices | • | Designed so that the maximum opening of the bleed valve is not larger than No. 54 drill size; |
| | | | OR |
| | | • | Provided with an excess flow valve. |
| | | Exemption: |
| | | – | If openings from the containers or through fittings are attached directly onto the container where pressure gauge connections are made, then there is no need for excess flow valves as long as the openings are not larger than a No. 54 drill size |
| | | – | This requirement does not apply to farm vehicles used for the application of ammonia as covered by WAC 296-826-50030. |
You must: • Follow Table 6, Safety Valve Start to Discharge Rate, and Table 7, Safety Relief Valve Rate of Discharge, for the following systems:
– Nonrefrigerated stationary containers
– Mounted on trucks, semi-trailers, and trailers used for the transportation of ammonia
– Mounted on farm wagons for the transportation of ammonia
– Mounted on farm equipment for the application of ammonia
| Exemption: | The rate of discharge of spring-loaded safety relief valves installed on underground containers may be reduced to thirty percent of the rate of discharge specified in Table 6, Safety Relief Valve Rate of Discharge so long as the container is not uncovered after installation until the liquid ammonia has been removed. |
Table 6
Safety Valve Start to Discharge Rate
| Containers | Minimum | Maximum* |
| ASME U-68, U-69 | 110% | 125% |
| ASME U-200, U-201 | 95% | 100% |
| ASME 1952, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1968, or 1971 | 95% | 100% |
| API-ASME | 95% | 100% |
| U.S. Coast Guard | (As required by U.S.C.G. regulations) |
| DOT | (As required by DOT regulations) |
| Note: | A relief valve manufacturer's tolerance of plus ten percent is permitted. |
Instructions are found below the table
Table 7
Safety Relief Valve Rate of Discharge
| Surface Area sq. ft. | Flow Rate CFM Air | Surface Area sq. ft. | Flow Rate CFM Air | Surface Area sq. ft. | Flow Rate CFM Air | Surface Area sq. ft. | Flow Rate CFM Air |
| 20 | | 258 | | 145 | | 1,310 | | 340 | | 2,640 | | 1,350 | | 8,160 | |
| 25 | | 310 | | 150 | | 1,350 | | 350 | | 2,700 | | 1,400 | | 8,410 | |
| 30 | | 360 | | 155 | | 1,390 | | 360 | | 2,760 | | 1,450 | | 8,650 | |
| 35 | | 408 | | 160 | | 1,420 | | 370 | | 2,830 | | 1,500 | | 8,900 | |
| 40 | | 455 | | 165 | | 1,460 | | 380 | | 2,890 | | 1,550 | | 9,140 | |
| 45 | | 501 | | 170 | | 1,500 | | 390 | | 2,950 | | 1,600 | | 9,380 | |
| 50 | | 547 | | 175 | | 1,530 | | 400 | | 3,010 | | 1,650 | | 9,620 | |
| 55 | | 310 | | 180 | | 1,570 | | 450 | | 3,320 | | 1,700 | | 9,860 | |
| 60 | | 360 | | 185 | | 1,600 | | 500 | | 3,620 | | 1,750 | | 10,090 | |
| 65 | | 408 | | 190 | | 1,640 | | 550 | | 3,910 | | 1,800 | | 10,330 | |
| 70 | | 455 | | 195 | | 1,670 | | 600 | | 4,200 | | 1,850 | | 10,560 | |
| 75 | | 762 | | 200 | | 1,710 | | 650 | | 4,480 | | 1,900 | | 10,800 | |
| 80 | | 804 | | 210 | | 1,780 | | 700 | | 4,760 | | 1,950 | | 11,030 | |
| 85 | | 845 | | 220 | | 1,850 | | 750 | | 5,040 | | 2,000 | | 11,260 | |
| 90 | | 885 | | 230 | | 1,920 | | 800 | | 5,300 | | 2,050 | | 11,490 | |
| 95 | | 925 | | 240 | | 1,980 | | 850 | | 5,590 | | 2,100 | | 11,720 | |
| 100 | | 965 | | 250 | | 2,050 | | 900 | | 5,850 | | 2,150 | | 11,950 | |
| 105 | | 1,010 | | 260 | | 2,120 | | 950 | | 6,120 | | 2,200 | | 12,180 | |
| 110 | | 1,050 | | 270 | | 2,180 | | 1,000 | | 6,380 | | 2,250 | | 12,400 | |
| 115 | | 1,090 | | 280 | | 2,250 | | 1,050 | | 6,640 | | 2,300 | | 12,630 | |
| 120 | | 1,120 | | 290 | | 2,320 | | 1,100 | | 6,900 | | 2,350 | | 12,850 | |
| 125 | | 1,160 | | 300 | | 2,380 | | 1,150 | | 7,160 | | 2,400 | | 13,080 | |
| 130 | | 1,200 | | 310 | | 2,450 | | 1,200 | | 7,410 | | 2,450 | | 13,300 | |
| 135 | | 1,240 | | 320 | | 2,510 | | 1,250 | | 7,660 | | 2,500 | | 13,520 | |
| 140 | | 1,280 | | 330 | | 2,570 | | 1,300 | | 7,910 | | | | | |
Table instructions:
• The surface area = the total outside surface area of the container in square feet.
– When the surface area is not stamped on the name plate or the marking is not legible, calculate the area by using the Table 8, Surface Area
Table 8
Surface Area
| If you have: | Then calculate as follows: |
| Cylindrical container with hemispherical heads | Area = overall length in feet times the outside diameter in feet times 3.1416 |
| Cylindrical container with other than hemispherical heads | Area = (overall length in feet plus 0.3 outside diameter in feet) times outside diameter in feet times 3.1416 |
| Spherical container | Area = outside diameter in feet squared times 3.1416 |
• Flow rate--CFM air = cubic feet per minute of air required at standard conditions, 60°F and atmospheric pressure (14.7 psia).
– The rate of discharge may be altered for intermediate values of surface area.
– For containers with total outside surface area greater than 2,500 sq. ft., the required flow rate can be calculated using the formula, flow rate CFM air = 22.11 A0.82 where A = outside surface area of the container in square feet
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 06-10-067, § 296-826-50005, filed 5/2/06, effective 9/1/06.]