Skip to Main Content
  • Linde Worldwide
  • The Linde Group
  • About BOC
  • Career
  • Industrial Gases
    Zimbabwe

  • Home
  • Industries
      • Chemicals
        • Fine & specialty chemicals
        • Base & petrochemicals
      • Construction & infrastructure
        • Construction
        • Heating ventilation & air conditioning (HVAC)
        • Heavy Machinery
        • Offshore
        • Pipelines
        • Wind, wave & tidal
      • Electronics
        • Contact the Linde team
        • LED Solid State Lighting
        • Photovoltaics
          • Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics
          • Thin-Film Silicon Photovoltaics
        • Semiconductor
          • Materials and Technologies for Semiconductors
        • TFT-LCD
          • TFT-LCD Manufacture
      • Food & Beverages
        • Beverages
        • Dairy
        • Dry foods & bakery
        • Fruit & vegetables
        • Meat
        • Edible oils & fats
        • Prepared Foods
        • Fish & Seafood
      • Glass
      • Laboratories
        • Automotive Laboratories
        • Chemicals Production
        • Environmental Protection
        • Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology
        • Power Generation
        • Petrochemical Processing
      • Leisure & Entertainment
        • Hospitality
        • Home & hobby
      • Medical
        • Clinical diagnostics
        • Healthcare
        • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • Metal Fabrication
      • Mobility & Transport
        • Automotive
        • Rail
        • Shipbuilding
      • Pharma & Biotechnology
        • Pharmaceuticals
      • Power & energy
      • Petrochemicals & Refining
      • Rubber & plastics
      • Steel & Metals
        • Aluminium
        • Iron foundries
        • Steel
          • REBOX - Oxyfuel solutions for reheating
  • Processes
      • Analysis & Instrumentation
        • Accreditation
        • Certification
        • Traceability
        • Absorption Spectometry
        • Gas Chromatography
        • High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
        • Infrared Spectrometry
        • Inductively Coupled Plasma
        • Mass Spectrometry
        • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
        • Chemiluminesence Spectrometry
        • Emission Spectrometry
        • Fluoresence Spectrometry
        • Paramagnetic Method
        • Supercritical Fluid
        • Air Quality Monitoring
        • Car Exhaust Testing
        • Solvent & VOC Monitoring
        • Gas Detection
        • Process Control
      • Cleaning, Polishing & Grinding
        • Bleaching
          • Bleaching of Chemical Pulp
          • Oxygen Delignification
          • Oxygen Reinforced Alkaline Extraction
          • Oxygen Reinforced Peroxide Bleaching
          • Ozone Delignification/Bleaching
        • Carbon Dioxide Pulp Wash
        • Cleaning in the Printing Industry
      • Clinical Analysis & Diagnostics
      • Coating & Surface Treatment
        • Coating
      • Cutting & Joining
        • Cutting
        • Welding
      • Controlled & Modified Atmospheres
        • Biological Growth Control
        • Controlled Atmosphere Stunning (CAS)
        • Enhancing Greenhouse Growth
        • Liquid Nitrogen Dosing
        • Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)
          • MAPAX for Dairy
          • MAPAX for Dry Foods & Bakery
          • MAPAX for Fish & Seafood
          • MAPAX for Fruit & Vegetables
          • MAPAX for Meat
          • MAPAX for Prepared Foods
        • Oxygenation in Aquaculture
      • Leisure & Hospitality
      • Environmental monitoring & protection
      • Freezing & Cooling
        • Cooling of Core Hoses
        • ind_cryocondensation
        • Dross Cooling
        • Extrusion Cooling
        • Food Chilling & Freezing
        • Ground Freezing
        • In-Transit Refrigeration
        • Cooling for Metal Fabrication
        • Rapid Cooling
        • ind_reactorcooling
      • Fumigation & Pestcontrol
        • Fumigation
      • Heat Treatment
      • Inerting, Purging & Blanketing
        • ind_blanketing
          • Blanketing of food
        • Purging
          • Purging of Food
        • Sparging
          • Sparging of food
      • Melting & Heating
        • Glass Forming & Processing
        • Glass Melting
        • Heating for Metal Fabrication
      • Molding, Foaming, Forming & Extrusion
        • Tire Vulcanization
      • Petrochemical Processing & Refining
        • Fluid Catalytic Cracking
        • ind_reactions
        • Heterogeneous Oxidations
        • Hydrogen Applications
        • Oxygen Enrichment in Claus Plants
        • Partial Oxidation
      • Pharma & Biotechnology
      • Process Chemistry
        • Acetylene for Chemical Synthesis
        • Hydrogen Applications
        • Hydrogenation of Oil & Fat
        • ADALKA® Process
        • Recovery of Volatile Organic Compounds
        • Stirring
        • White Liquor Oxidation
      • Water & Soil Treatment
        • Ground Freezing
        • Water Treatment
          • Soil and Water Measurement
        • Soil and Water Measurement
  • Products and Supply
      • Special Products
        • Helium
        • The World of HiQ
        • Pure Gases
          • Acetylene
          • Argon
          • Air
          • Carbon Dioxide
          • Hydrogen
          • Nitrogen
          • Nitrous Oxide
          • Propane IG
          • Oxygen
        • Mining Calibration Mixtures
        • Process Gases
        • Refrigerants
        • Packaged Chemicals
          • Ammonia
          • Carbon Monoxide
          • Ethane
          • Ethylene
          • Hydrogen Chloride
          • Hydrogen Sulphide
          • Methane
          • Sulphur Dioxide
          • Sulphur Hexafluoride
          • Propellant
        • Fire Suppression
        • Equipment
        • Laser Gas
        • Scientific Mixtures
        • FAQ Page
      • Industrial Gases
        • Oxygen
        • Acetylene
        • Argon
        • Nitrogen
        • Carbon Dioxide
        • Hydrogen
        • Shielding Gases
        • Air
        • Cutting
        • Welding
      • LPG
        • Handigas
        • Propane
        • Autogas
        • Applications
          • LPG Application - Technical Data
          • LPGas in Factories
          • Handigas Hotels/Restaurants
          • Handigas in Supermarkets
          • Handigas in Agriculture
          • Handigas at Work Outdoors
          • Handigas at Play Outdoors
          • Handigas at Work Indoors
          • Autogas Materials Handling
          • Additional Information
        • Service Offers
          • LPGas and Developer
          • Safety Systems
          • Delivery and Branch Network
          • Refineries
          • Onsite Storage
          • LPGas and Developer
        • Safety
          • The Smell of Safety
          • Safety at our Sites
          • Safety At Your Sites
          • Safe In The Environment
          • Safety Procedures
  • Sureserve
      • Handigas
        • Applications
      • Partigas
        • Applications
        • Technical Information
      • Suremix
        • Technical Information
  • Health and Safety
      • Gases & Cylinders
        • In the Event of Fire
        • Acetylene Cylinders
        • Identification & Filling
        • Storage of Cylinders
        • Leaking Cylinders
        • Transportation & Handling
  • Contact
  • News & Media
      • Press Releases
      • Events
        • Events Archive
      • Publications
      • Linde Apps
        • C-Pot
        • Gas Converter
        • Gas distribution partner-search
        • Fascinating Gases
        • Virtual Hospital
        • Virtual Cryo
      • Image Library
      • BroadcastRoom
      • Media Contacts
  •  
  • Linde Worldwide
  • The Linde Group
  • About BOC
  • Career
  • Health and Safety
  • Gases & Cylinders
    • In the Event of Fire
    • Acetylene Cylinders
    • Identification & Filling
    • Storage of Cylinders
    • Leaking Cylinders
    • Transportation & Handling
  • Health and Safety
  • Gases & Cylinders
  • Storage of Cylinders

Storage of Cylinders

Storerooms should be of fire-proof construction and so designed that in the event of fire, the cylinders are easily removable.

Storerooms should be well ventilated, top and bottom, and must never be below ground level.

Light fittings, as well as all electric switches in stores containing acetylene, Handigas or other flammable gases, should either be of the flame-proof type, or should be placed outside thebuilding lighting the interior through fixed windows. 'NO SMOKING - NO NAKED LIGHTS' symbolic signs, should be posted in the area of the store.

Handigas cylinders stored inside a building on an industrial user's premises should be limited to a total mass of 19kg per 600m3 of building space with a total maximum of 100kg.

Where Handigas is stored in bulk, reference should be made to SABS 087 Part 1 and Part 3. Since these may be updated from time to time, it is important to ensure that reference is made to the latest issue.

BOC Limited has a specialised department for the installation of gas distribution systems, storage vessels, etc.

Handigas cylinders exceeding a total capacity of 19kg should not be installed or kept inside a private home or a place of business frequented by the public. Cylinders must be kept cool, and should be protected from sunlight, rain, frost, wet soil and corrosive conditions. If cylinders have to stand in the open, they should be protected from the rays of the sun. Do not use tarpaulins or any other cover which comes in direct contact with the cylinders as a protection against the sun.

Full or empty combustible gas cylinders should be kept apart using 'ful' and 'empty' notices to prevent confusion and mistakes.

The valves of empty cylinders should always be firmly closed to prevent 'breathing'. If a cylinder is found with the valve open, close it and attach a note stating this fact, e.g.

'WARNING - CYLINDER VALVE LEFT OPEN WHEN CYLINDER EMPTY'. This will ensure that moisture and purity tests are carried out before the cylinder is refilled. Oxygen should not be stored with flammable gases such as acetylene and Handigas. Acetylene and Handigas cylinders should NOT be stacked horizontally, but should always be stored in an upright position.

Oxygen cylinders may be stacked horizontally provided that they are firmly secured at each end to prevent rolling.

If cylinders are exposed to heat, the pressure of the gas content will increase, and a dangerous situation may arise.Therefore, store all cylinders well away from sources of heat such as furnaces, stoves, boilers and radiators as well as potential fire hazards.

Oil and grease will ignite violently in the presence of oxygen and if the latter is under pressure this may result in an explosion. Cylinders and fittings should be kept away from overhead shafting, cranes or belts.

Prevent dirt, grit of any sort, oil or any other lubricant from entering the cylinder valves and store cylinders well clear of any corrosive influence, e.g. battery acid. Do not lubricate the valve spindle.

Do not smoke, wear oily or greasy clothes, or have any naked light or fire in a place where compressed gases are stored.

When returning any cylinder which may have been accidentally overheated, damaged or contaminated, Afrox should be advised, so that they can take the necessary precautions before refilling.

Any questions?
  • Contact our Customer Service team

    Zimbabwe
    +263 4 757171-5 / 755750-65

    Email
More information
  • Product Reference Manual
  • Afrox Product & Service Offer
    •  
    • Sitemap
    • Terms of Use
    • Legal Notice
    • Data protection
  • © The Linde Group 2014