HAZOP at JSC "Ion Exchange Technologies".

Priority – ensuring safety for a new project in the Baltic.

Close and successful cooperation has been established between IOTech and RBI Concept companies: in March 2022, a comprehensive Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP) was completed, and after analysis using calibrated risk charts methodology, target safety levels were assigned for emergency protection systems (EPS) of the water treatment unit that supports the entire technological process of the Baltic Chemical Complex.

Similar activities for the complex's treatment facilities are already planned with participation of representatives from partner companies BCC, CC7, IOTech and RBI Concept.

Project details: The Baltic Chemical Complex (BCC) is part of a hydrocarbon processing cluster - an ambitious project, one of the largest in the world, located in northwest Russia. It is planned that BCC will produce up to 3 million tons of polyethylene per year, meeting Russia's complete demand, as well as exporting products through the Ust-Luga port to European and Asian countries, including India and China.

The EPC contractor functions for construction, i.e., all design work such as equipment and materials supply, construction and commissioning work for the Baltic Chemical Complex are carried out by "China National Chemical Engineering & Construction Corporation Seven" (CC7).

With the start of construction, the priorities of partners – BCC and CC7 became the application of world-class advanced technologies and guaranteed safety for personnel and the environment at all stages of the technological process chain, including auxiliary production. A characteristic example of this approach is the application of water treatment and utilization systems that are developed and manufactured by the Russian leader in this field, JSC "Ion Exchange Technologies" (IOTech).

Each system developed by IOTech undergoes thorough hazard and operability analysis using HAZOP methodology. The main idea of HAZOP method is modeling deviations and objects' reactions to them. This allows identifying threats and hazards at the design stage, which significantly reduces material costs for project implementation and ensuring its safe operation. Engineering companies with practical experience in this field and experts in conducting safety and operability analyses at hazardous industrial facilities are involved in HAZOP analysis work.

All these activities take place in the context of the updated Federal Law "On Industrial Safety of Hazardous Production Facilities" dated 21.07.1997 No. 116-FZ, Rostechnadzor orders, including Rostechnadzor Order No. 533 dated 15.12.2020 "General Rules of Explosion Safety for Fire and Explosion Hazardous Chemical, Petrochemical and Oil Refining Industries."

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