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Met

h

anol O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

09

pump

. T

he

Ni

tro

g

en

a

i

ms

to

rep

l

ace

the

methano

l

dur

i

n

g

the

off

l

oad

i

n

g

. W

hen

d

i

schar

g

i

n

g

,

watch

the

n

i

tro

g

en

i

n

l

et

pressure

constant

l

y

,

on

the pressure

g

au

g

e

on methano

l

tan

k

vent

p

i

pe

.

P

ump

i

n

g

rate

i

s

usua

ll

y

around

1

20

m

3/

h

w

i

th

4

bars

of

pressure

i

n

the

hose

. T

he

by

-

pass

va

l

ve

on

the

d

i

schar

g

e

li

ne may be

used

to

set

the

off

l

oad

i

n

g

pressure

. T

he

de

li

very

capac

i

ty

to

be

re

g

u

l

ated

by

ad

j

ust

i

n

g

the hydrau

li

c

f

l

ow

.

T

h

e

d

is

ch

arge rate is to

b

e 80

%

o

f

t

h

e

N

2 s

upp

ly rate

S

tart

s

l

ow

rate w

i

th pressure at

2

bars

. T

hen

i

ncrease

to

80

m

3/

h w

i

th a

pressure

of

3

bars

at

sh

i

p man

i

fo

l

d

Car

g

o

tan

k

to be ma

i

nta

i

ned at

pos

i

t

i

ve pressure

throu

g

hout

the off

l

oad

i

n

g

I

n

case

of

sh

i

p

’

s

n

i

tro

g

en

p

l

ant

fa

il

ure

,

even

i

f

rece

i

ver

i

s

ab

l

e

to

supp

l

y

N2,

operat

i

on

i

s

cance

ll

ed

unt

il

the

sh

i

p has

recovered

her

N2

stat

i

on

.

Ma

k

e

sure pressure

va

l

ves

are not

stuc

k

ed

i

n open

pos

i

t

i

on

,

th

i

s wou

l

d

resu

l

t

i

n waste of

n

i

tro

g

en

.

W

hen

a methano

l

d

i

schar

g

e

pump

brea

k

s

down

,

use

the

other methano

l

d

i

schar

g

e

pump

as

an emer

g

ency

pump

.

Methano

l

tan

k’

s

o

x

y

g

en

l

eve

l

must

be

re

g

u

l

ar

l

y

chec

k

ed

dur

i

n

g

the

off

l

oad

i

n

g

,

and must

rema

i

n

under

8%. I

f

any

doubt

, i

ncrease

the

n

i

tro

g

en

pressure

i

n

the methano

l

tan

k

by

reduc

i

n

g

the

d

i

schar

g

i

n

g

rate

,

unt

il

the

pressure

va

l

ve

re

l

eases

and

chec

k

o

x

y

g

en

l

eve

l

at

P

V

va

l

ve

.

I

n

case

of

a

pressure

drop

to

l

ess

than

0

bar

wou

l

d

occur

i

n

a methano

l

tan

k, i

t

becomes

an

emer

g

ency

s

i

tuat

i

on

as

o

x

y

g

en

i

s

sub

j

ect

to

enter

and

m

ix

w

i

th

methano

l. S

top

i

mmed

i

ate

l

y

the

transfer

to

recover

pos

i

t

i

ve pressure

.

W

hen

the

off

l

oad

i

n

g

i

s

comp

l

eted

,

d

i

sconnect

the

d

i

schar

g

e

hose

,

and

c

l

ose

the

pur

g

e

va

l

ves

,

after pur

g

i

n

g

d

i

schar

g

e

li

ne w

i

th n

i

tro

g

en

.

T

he

padd

i

n

g

li

ne

va

l

ves

are

k

ept

open

,

the

re

g

u

l

ator

w

ill

ho

l

d

a

n

i

tro

g

en

over

pressure

i

n

the

tan

k. T

he

pressure w

ill

be appro

x. 0,

15

bar

.

Methanol

g

as measurements

to be

carr

i

ed out

re

g

u

l

ar

l

y

.

4

.2.

6 C

o

mp

letion o

f

o

p

eration

- C

leaning

W

hen

the

l

ast

off

l

oad

i

n

g

operat

i

on

has

been

comp

l

eted

,

the

sh

i

p

shall

be

f

l

ushed

as

per

fo

ll

ow

i

n

g

procedure

and

the

l

ast

f

l

ush

i

n

g

,

at

l

east

,

shall

be

done w

i

th

FW.

Fill

the Methano

l

tan

k

s w

i

th water

to about

5

0%,

us

i

n

g

the

l

oad

i

n

g

/

d

i

schar

g

e

li

ne

.

Di

schar

g

e

the

water

overboard

by

means

of

Methano

l

pump

.

Cont

i

nue

the

water

f

illi

n

g

/

d

i

schar

g

i

n

g

operat

i

on unt

il

the

f

l

ammab

l

e

vapour

concentrat

i

on

i

n

the Methano

l

tan

k

s

i

s

be

l

ow

3

0%

of

l

ower

f

l

ammab

l

e

li

m

i

t

(L

E

L),

before

g

as

free

i

n

g

at

dec

k l

eve

l (

throu

g

h

open

manho

l

es

) i

s

perm

i

tted

(SOL

A

S

Ch

.II-2

P

t

.D

R

e

g

.

5

9.2). T

he methano

l

tan

k

s

have

to

be

pressur

l

ess

before

the manho

l

e

to

the

tan

k i

s

opened

.

T

he

cofferdams

shall

rema

i

n

f

ill

ed w

i

th

n

i

tro

g

en unt

il

the methano

l

tan

k

s

are

g

as

-

freed

.

T

he access

trun

k

vent

/

dra

i

n

va

l

ve

shall

be

c

l

osed

before open

i

n

g

the manho

l

e

i

nto methano

l

tan

k.

Vent

il

at

i

on

of methano

l

tan

k

s

can be done

by

f

illi

n

g

of water

i

nto

the

tan

k.

B

efore

ne

x

t

f

illi

n

g

of

methano

l i

nto

the

tan

k,

d

i

schar

g

e

the

water

out

of

the

tan

k,

c

l

ean

and

dry

the

tan

k

proper

l

y

.

T

he

d

i

schar

g

e

of

the

po

ll

uted

water

overboard

shall

be

done

as

per

MA

R

P

OL

Anne

x II R

e

g

.

5

.4. T

he

d

i

schar

g

e

of Chem

i

ca

l

P

roduct

i

nto

the

sea

i

s

proh

i

b

i

ted un

l

ess

the

fo

ll

ow

i

n

g

condt

i

ons

are

sat

i

sf

i

ed

:

Vers

i

on

SF(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

6

09-

ver

.04). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date

:

22

/

0

6/

20

1

2.

Vers

i

on

date

:

31/1

2

/

20

15

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on

Q

M

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document

when

pr

i

nted

.

P

rocedure prepared by

:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by

:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by

:

BOS

Q

ua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

1

2

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