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December 1-3, 2021

OXYGEN BULK SUPPLY SYSTEM

Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems Inspection/Testing

VA Medical Center

Syracuse, NY

SCHEMATIC PER CURRENT NFPA 99 FACILITY'S GAS SUPPLY SOURCE

SYSTEM INFORMATION INSPECTION CHECK LIST Pass/Fail

Location System complies with above schematic per NFPA 99 Fail

Facility area(s) served Enclosure (min 6' height) non-combustible, proper ventilation & 2 Lockable

Entries/Exists

Fail

Bulk Supplier/Equipment Owner Containers permanently anchored & cylinders adequately secured Pass

National Board Number (Primary)

National Board Number (Reserve)

Primary Liquid Level 220 "H2O Top & bottom fill, hose purge, & vent valves present Pass

Primary Pressure 170 psi Proper fill circuit (inlet, strainer, check valve, purge valve, supports) Pass

Intermediate Regulator Pressure 55 psi Gas specific connects, header valves & pigtails w/checks @ header Pass

Reserve Liquid Level 82 "H2O 2 reliefs & 2 rupture disks w/ 3 direction valves each container Pass

Reserve Pressure 160 psi Piped w/brazed copper, brass, or stainless & no flex connects/fittings wear & leaks Pass

Reserve Regulator Pressure 100 psi Reserve automatically feeds if primary cannot feed w/ reserve & primary checks Pass

Final Line Pressure (1) N/A psi Reserve economizer which feeds upstream final regulators Pass

Final Line Pressure (2) N/A psi Drainage prevented towards (buildings, drains, etc.) & from hazards Pass

Source Valve Pressure 55 psi Labeling: pipeline, source/main valves & "Oxygen-No Smoking, No Open Flames" Pass

Main Valve Pressure 55 psi Vaporizer adequately sized & isolation valves for service w/o supply interruption Pass

Emergency Supply (3' clearance) or (IBER) w/2 checks, secured, & labeled Fail

Pass

Distances with "*" do not apply if a 2 hr fire rated wall interrupts the line of sight between un-insulated portions of the bulk & the exposure

Pass

1' - all structures (Type I & II), * 50' - wood framed Type III, IV, or V building types, * 50' - Public assembly or nearest non-ambulatory patient, * 5' - Property lines & overhead electrical wiring, 10' building openings, * 10' - public sidewalks & parked vehicles, * 15' - Hazardous piping materials & below ground flammable liquid tanks, * 25' -

0-1000 gal flammable liquids/liquefied gas, below ground flammable liquid fill or vent, 0-25,000 scf flammable gases, or slow burning solids, * 50' - >1000 gal flammable liquids/liquefied gas, >25,000 scf flammable gases, or rapidly burning solids, 3' - combustible surfaces (asphalt & expansion joint filler) where liquid oxygen may fall, 8' -

Sewer or drain openings to delivery connects, reliefs, mobile supply equipment, & liquid withdrawal connects, Walls may not form a 3-4 sided court

Bulk Pad

Entire facility

Air Products/Syracuse VA

Noncombustible pad w/3' maintenance clearance, accessible for delivery & pad adequately sized for vehicles

Indicator/Switch

Indicator/Switch

Primary Contents

Reserve Contents

Low Switch

Reserve Pressure

Switch

Reserve Low

Reserve

Alarm Switch

Reserve in Use

Economizer psi

Container Reserve

Container

Primary

Header

Either

Vaporizer

EOSC

V

Line Pressure

Regulators

Gauge

Demand Check

Ball Valve

Vent Piped Outside

Relief Valve

Pressure Regulator

Pressure Switch

Check Valve (Flow in direction of point)

High-Pressure Valve

Source

Valve

Main

Valve

(Check or

Ball valve)

>3 Cylinders

& 1 avg days supply