Two procedures are listed for bleeding down charged Inergen 3. Install bleed down adaptor onto fill port of Inergen valve. cylinders. Make certain bleed off port on bleed down adaptor is facing These procedures list the steps required to bleed-down installed down. This is to ensure the INERGEN agent is bled down- cylinders attached to a manifold through a flex bend discharge ward and not in the direction of face or eyes. Hand tighten. hose. The first procedure lists the steps required to bleed down See Figure 2. the cylinders through the fill port. The second procedure lists the steps required to bleed down the cylinder through the burst disc port.
Procedure No. 1 – BLEED DOWN THROUGH FILL PORT
! CAUTION
During this procedure, make certain caution is taken to protect
eyes, face, and hands from the INERGEN® discharge that will be bleeding out from the fill port area. Failure to do so may cause damage or frostbite to eyes, face or hands due to the high pressure INERGEN discharge.
CAUTION BLEED OFF PORT
! FIGURE 2 FACING DOWN
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CAUTION During the complete bleed down process, the cylinders must
! remain in the cylinder clamp and remain attached to flex hose or system piping. Failure to do this may allow the cylinder to fall over, possibly causing personal injury or property damage. Prior to bleeding down INERGEN cylinder, make certain storage area is well ventilated. Failure to do so could
! CAUTION cause a high INERGEN concentration build-up. Breathing very high concentrations of vapor can cause lightheadedness, giddiness, shortness of breath, muscu- Prior to starting the bleed down procedure, remove any actua- lar tremors, weakness, and acrocyanosis. Also it may tion devices (either electrical or mechanical) from cylinder cause unconsciousness or death. Review the INERGEN valve and disarm the detection system. Failure to do this may agent information found in the INERGEN Design, allow the valve to actuate, possibly causing personal injury or Installation, Recharge, and Maintenance Manual. property damage. Specific INERGEN agent exposure information is found in “Specification, General Information, and Appendix 1. Check to make certain the cylinder is secured properly and Sections” of the manual and also in the INERGEN not connected to any actuator. MSDS. 2. Using bleed down adaptor, Part No. 472085, turn hand wheel 4. Turn hand wheel slowly clockwise until stem is completely counterclockwise until stem is flush with end of adaptor. See turned in. During this step, agent will start to bleed out of Figure 1. adaptor port. Leave it in this position until the cylinder is completely bled down. 5. When INERGEN cylinder is completely bled down, turn hand wheel on bleed down adaptor approximately 6-7 turns coun- terclockwise. At the end of bleeding process, check cylinder gauge to confirm cylinder is empty. 6. Remove bleed down adapter. 7. Prepare empty Inergen cylinder for shipping to fillers location. Attach any necessary ANSUL®-supplied documents.
Procedure No. 2 – BLEED DOWN THROUGH SAFETY RELIEF
PLUG PORT
! CAUTION 1. Check to make certain the cylinder is secured properly and not connected to any actuator.
If cylinder is not at full pressure, contact Ansul Quality
2. Check to make certain cylinder gauge indicates full pressure.
Assurance at 1-888-510-3879 or 715-732-3565; or e-mail
During this procedure, make certain caution is taken to protect
to inergenvalve@tycoint.com for further instructions. Do
eyes, face, and hands from the INERGEN discharge that will
not continue with bleed down of a cylinder not at full
be bleeding out from the safety relief plug area. Remain at
pressure until you have received these further instruc-
arms length from valve while conducting this procedure.
tions from ANSUL Quality Assurance.
Failure to do so may cause damage or frostbite to eye, face or hands due to the high pressure INERGEN discharge.
CAUTION 3. If the cylinder gauge indicates full pressure, using a 11/16 in.
! socket or wrench, slowly loosen (turn counterclockwise) the safety relief plug on side of cylinder valve one half (1/2) turn. See Figure 3. During this step, INERGEN agent will start to During the complete bleed down process, the cylinders must bleed out from the port area. remain in the cylinder clamp and remain attached to flex hose or system piping. Failure to do this may allow the cylinder to fall over, possibly causing personal injury or property damage.
! CAUTION
Prior to starting the bleed down procedure, remove any actua-
tion devices (either electrical or mechanical) from cylinder 11/16 IN. SOCKET (TURN valve and disarm the detection system. Failure to do this may COUNTERCLOCKWISE allow the valve to actuate, possibly causing personal injury or ONE-HALF TURN)
property damage.
! CAUTION
Prior to bleeding down INERGEN cylinder, make certain
storage area is well ventilated. Failure to do so could cause a high INERGEN concentration build-up. Breathing very high
FIGURE 3 concentrations of vapor can cause lightheadedness, giddi- ness, shortness of breath, muscular tremors, weakness, and 007790 acrocyanosis. Also it may cause unconsciousness or death. Review the INERGEN agent information found in the 4. Allow INERGEN agent to continue to bleed out until cylinder INERGEN Design, Installation, Recharge, and Maintenance is completely empty. This bleeding process may continue for Manual. Specific INERGEN agent exposure information is as long as 4 hours. At the end of bleeding process, check found in “Specification, General Information, and Appendix cylinder gauge to confirm cylinder is empty. Sections” of the manual and also in the INERGEN MSDS. 5. Prepare empty INERGEN cylinder for shipping to fillers loca- tion. Attach any necessary ANSUL-supplied documents.
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