SAFETY ANALYSIS OF CO 2 AS A REFRIGERANT IN SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION

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1 SAFETY ANALYSIS OF O 2 AS A REFRIGERANT IN SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION S. Sawalha, B. Palm Energy Department Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm, Sweden ABSTRAT In this study we analyse some safety aspects related to the usage of O 2 in supermarket refrigeration. The concentration levels in the supermarket s shopping area and machine room that result from different accident scenarios are calculated for a selected practical example. The ventilation requirements in the supermarket under normal conditions and during a leakage accident are taken into consideration. For the selected case, the analysis of the calculations results showed that O 2 does not enclose a heath hazard for the customers and workers within the shopping area, whereas safety requirements expressed by efficient ventilation and proper alarm system must be installed in the machine room. INTRODUTION During the last decade, there has been growing interest in investigating the possibilities of using O 2 in various refrigeration applications. In Sweden, for instance, O 2 as a phase change secondary refrigerant has been studied and successfully applied in supermarkets and cold stores. By the year 2002, around 60 plants are running with capacities ranging from 10 to 280 kw. These relatively large-scale applications require long refrigerant lines which result in big O 2 charges in the plant; thus high concentration levels are expected in case of a leakage accident. Safety is a major concern in any refrigeration application and it is the main reason why the synthetic refrigerants dominated in the refrigeration industry for the last six decades. In the specific application of commercial refrigeration, safety is more carefully considered because of the large number of people that might be affected in case of leakage. Although considerable research has been devoted to the development and the performance analysis of O 2 refrigeration systems in commercial applications, rather less attention of the research work has been paid to the detailed analysis of the safety aspects in this context. It is the purpose of this paper to provide a theoretical analysis of some safety issues in supermarkets refrigeration with O 2 as the refrigerant based on modelled leakage accidents scenarios. A second aim is to provide a tool to decide about the severity of using O 2 in supermarket installations with certain geometrical specifications and to be able to judge whether or not safety devices and equipment are required in the space under consideration. 1 O 2 AS A REFRIGERANT IN SUPERMARKET APPLIATIONS O 2 can be applied in the supermarket refrigeration through three main technologies, transcritical cycle, cascade system, and secondary cycle. In Sweden, the choice was to build plants with central refrigeration system in the machine room away from the refrigerated space, working with ammonia, R404A, propane, or are50 (ethane-propane mixture). The secondary circuit works with O 2 as the phase change secondary refrigerant in the refrigerated space. This choice was made mainly due to the lack of equipment that can efficiently handle O 2 in a compression cycle. urrently, O 2 equipment are becoming more available in the markets from different manufacturers; consequently, transcritical and cascade systems might become economically competitive in the near future.

2 Leakage is one of the main problems in applying O 2 secondary cycle in the commercial refrigeration. O 2 leakage may occur due to failure of one of the components in the cycle due to the relatively high working pressure of O 2 in the secondary circuit (12 bars at 35 ). During downtime, a controlled discharge of O 2 from the plant is performed as an efficient way to reduce the pressure inside the system; this technique is found to be the most efficient and economical due to the relatively low price of O 2. From safety point of view, O 2 is classified in group A1, according to ASHRAE Handbook (1997), which is the group that contains the refrigerants that are least hazardous and without an identified toxicity at concentrations below 400 ppm. Naturally, O 2 exists in the atmosphere at concentrations around 350 ppm and it has been observed that O 2 concentration between 300 and 600 ppm are adequate and normally people do not notice the difference. According to ASHRAE Standard 62 (1989), a O 2 concentration of 1000 ppm is the recommended limit to satisfy comfort for the occupants, where in a O 2 controlled ventilation system fresh air should be supplied so that the O 2 concentration level will not exceed this value. This is the case of an application when a small O 2 generation rate is expected due to different human activities. However, in the case of high leakage rate that might occur in supermarket space or in the machine room, the consequences of serious health hazards, such as suffocation, must be taken into account. The following table is a list of selected concentration levels of O 2 and expected effects on the human health. Table 1: Different oncentrations of O 2 and the expected heath consequences PPM Effect on health Reference 350 Normal value in the atmosphere [Bearg, 1993] 1,000 Recommended not to be exceeded for human comfort [ASHRAE, 1989] 5,000 (1) TLV-TWA (2) [Rieberer, 1998] 20,000 an affect the respiration function and cause excitation followed by depression of the central nervous system. 50% increase in breathing rate [Berghmans and Duprez, 1999] 30,000 (3) 100% increase in breathing rate after short time exposure [Amin et al., 1999] 50,000 (40,000) (4) IDLH (5) value [Rieberer, 1998] [Berghmans and Lowest lethal concentration 100,000 Duprez,1999] Few minutes of exposure produces unconsciousness [Hunter, 1975] 200,000 Death accidents have been reported [Berghmans and Duprez.,1999] 300,000 Quickly results in an unconsciousness and convulsions [Berghmans and Duprez, 1999] (1) OSHA revised permissible exposure limit (PEL): time-weighted average (TWA) concentration that must not be exceeded during any 8 h per day 40 h per week (2) Threshold limit value: time-weighted average (TWA) concentration to which one may be repeatedly exposed for 8 h pre day 40 h per week without adverse effect. (3) Short term exposure limit (STEL): a 15-minute TWA exposure that should not be exceeded at any time during a workday (4) NIOSH revised IDLH value (5) Immediately dangerous to life or heath concentration: maximum level for which one could escape within 30 minutes without any escape-impairing symptoms or any irreversible health effects. Most of the symptoms accompanying the exposure to high O 2 concentrations are related to the fact that oxygen concentration in the air becomes less because O 2 gas replaces it.

3 2 THE AIDENT SENARIOS In order to perform calculations and discuss the risk of using O 2 in supermarket refrigeration, the case of an average size supermarket (relative to the O 2 installations in Sweden) was selected as the base for the calculations. The dimensions of the shopping area are around 40x30x5 m and the machine room s dimensions are 10x10x3 m. The capacity of the plant is around 30 kw and the O 2 charge in this installation is estimated to be approximately 100 kg. These parameters are almost identical to a supermarket in Hedemora area, about 200 km north west of Stockholm. The concentration of O 2 is calculated in different accident scenarios, which differ depending on two main parameters: Where the leakage takes place? And how much is the flow rate of the leaking O 2 into the space? Wherever the leakage might take place along the O 2 secondary circuit it will be either in the machine room or in the shopping area. The risk analysis is performed for these two places with different leakage flow rates. The refrigerant is assumed to leak with different flow rates which start with the hypothetical case that the refrigerant escapes instantaneously and completely from the plant resulting in the highest concentration possible. The lowest flow rate used in the calculations was based on two hours of leakage time. It is assumed in the O 2 concentration calculations that good mixing occur and that the refrigerant leaks with constant flow rate until all the charge escapes from the plant. The value of 365 ppm was used for the O 2 concentration in the fresh air supply and as the initial value in the room. 3 RISK ANALYSIS IN THE SHOPPING AREA Based on the dimensions of the selected supermarket, if the O 2 is assumed to escape completely within the shopping area in a very short time, then the maximum concentration of O 2 will be around 9,270 ppm. This concentration level far exceeds the accepted levels for occupants in nonindustrial facilities, the value of 1000 ppm in table (1). However, until 1989 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) set the concentration value of 10,000 ppm to be the PEL. Most of the agencies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), American onference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (AGIH), and MAK-commission in Germany, that set the occupational safety standards used the TLV-TWA of 5000 that should be considered in the design of the safety requirements in O 2 plants. The value of TLV-TWA is usually combined with the STEL value of 30,000 ppm which is much higher than the highest concentration possible in the shopping area (9,270 ppm). Therefore, leakage accident within the shopping area is not expected to result in any health hazard to the occupants. When the fresh air supply is taken into account, the O 2 concentration in the space will drop after one hour of ventilation according to equation (1), which is represented by the curve in figure (1). For the shopping area, ASHRAE Standard 62 (1989) recommends almost 0.5 air changes per hour (AH), which accounts for approximately 40% reduction in the initial O 2 concentration after one hour of ventilation. max ( ) = exp N (1)

4 Figure 1: The influence of the ventilation rate on the O 2 concentration If the O 2 charge is assumed to escape with a constant flow rate then the O 2 concentration, in kg/m 3, is calculated as a function of time according to equation (2) and the results, in ppm, are plotted in figure (2) for the shopping area. It was assumed that the O 2 charge escapes with constant flow rate during different durations of 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, and 2 hours. O 2 generation from the occupants was ignored in the calculations. m& m& O2 O2 ( AH. t) 3 = + ( / ) air air 0. exp kg m + N V N V (2) In a O 2 controlled ventilation, the ventilation rate in the shopping area must be increased when the concentration reaches a value close to 1000 ppm in order to bring the O 2 concentration down to normal level. In these calculations the ventilation system was assumed to have constant value of 0.5 AH regardless of the O 2 concentration level. Figure 2: O 2 concentration versus time in the shopping area for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, and 2 hours of leakage durations.

5 The results in figure (2) shows that the O 2 concentration sharply increases during the assumed leakage time. This is due to the fact that the O 2 leakage rate is higher than the rate of replacement of O 2 contaminated air by fresh air supply via the ventilation. At the end of the leakage period (after 15, 30, 60, and 120 minutes) the O 2 concentration reaches the peak because at that point the O 2 charge escaped completely from the plant into the shopping area. Afterward, the O 2 concentration decrease in an exponential manner as a result of the solo effect of the ventilation and the replacement of O 2 contaminated air by fresh air supply. If we take the accident scenario with the highest peak concentration, almost 9000 ppm at 15 minutes leakage duration, we find out that the O 2 concentration level in the shopping area does not enclose any health risk to the customers and the workers in the supermarket. In this specific application and based on the calculations, it is not necessary to have alarm system to evacuate the occupants from the accident area, but an alarm is necessary to warn the operator of the plant about the leakage problem to perform the proper maintenance. 4 RISK ANALYSIS IN THE MAHINE ROOM If the same scenario, that the charge escapes completely and instantaneously, is applied in the machine room then the concentration will be around 185,300 ppm. It is very high if compared to the value of 200,000 ppm, listed in table (1) at which death accidents have been reported. Therefore, protective measures of a proper alarm system based on O 2 detectors and efficient O 2 -controlled ventilation system must be implemented. According to the Swedish design codes (Svensk kylnorm, 2000), a minimum ventilation rate of 2 air changes per hour (AH) is recommended in the machine room. This value results in 86% drop in the initial O 2 concentration after one hour of fresh air supply, clarified in figure (1). The ventilation system in the machine room must be a O 2 controlled one; therefore, according to the Swedish safety codes when the concentration level in the machine room reaches the TLV, 5000 ppm, the fresh air supply flow rate must be increased according to the formula: 3 2 V & = 50 G (3) The increase in the ventilation rate is accompanied with a low-alert alarm system, visual and acoustic, in the machine room and in a visible place from outside the room. When the concentration level reaches 50,000 ppm (the IDLH value) high-alert alarm system is triggered and the workers must leave the machine room immediately (Svensk Kylnorm, 2000). Figure (3) indicates that for the leakage duration of 2 hours there are no health consequences for the workers, since the IDLH value is not reached (the maximum value is approximately 26,150 ppm). The concentration curve levels off close to the value of 25,000 ppm due to the fact that the extraction rate of O 2 is almost equal to the leakage rate. In the case of 1 hour of leakage time, the highest value reached is approximately 50,500 ppm and the high-alert alarm will be triggered for only 4 minutes, when the IDLH value is exceeded.

6 Figure 3: O 2 concentration versus time in the machine room for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, and 2 hours of leakage durations.. The concern is high in the case of short leakage time of the whole O 2 charge, for 30 minutes of leakage time the value of 86,000 ppm is reached. According to the settings of the alarm system installed in the machine room, the low-alert alarm will be triggered after less than one minute from the moment that the leakage starts, and it will last for almost 12 minutes until the high-alert alarm is triggered. Which means that the workers have at least 12 minutes to leave the place before the critical O 2 concentration levels are reached. In case of 15 minutes of leakage time, the low-alert alarm will be activated for at least 5 minutes before the high-alert alarm will start. This makes the time to escape from the machine room shorter, but it should be also noticed that the period where the IDLH value is exceeded is 25 minutes, which means that the exposure time for the high concentration levels of O 2 is also short. The high concentrations reached in the machine room imply that specific safety procedures must be implemented. O 2 is a colourless odourless gas, which is disadvantageous from the safety point of view thus proper detector should be placed to determine the increase in gas concentration. The detector identifies O 2 by its infrared absorption capacity, it is important that the detector and the exhaust fan are placed at low level in the space because O 2 is heavier than air and tends to accumulate close to the floor. Figure (4) clarifies the safety equipment that should be placed in the machine room, it is shown in the figure that acoustic and flashing light alarm devices must be provided in a visible place from inside and outside the room. Flashing light Acoustic alarm Refrigeration unit Exhaust fan O 2 detector Figure 4: Simplified drawing of the machine room and the required safety equipment

7 5 DISUSSION OF THE ASSUMPTIONS AND THE RESULTS The results presented in this study are based on simplified assumptions and aimed to give an indication of the situation in a practical case. It was assumed that the refrigerant leaks with constant flow rate, which is not the case in practice, where the flow rate is expected to be higher in the first stages of the leakage and then it will decay due to the reduction of the pressure in the system. Also the refrigerant was assumed to escape completely from the system, it should be taken into account that when the pressure in the system drops to 5.2 bars then dry ice will be formed inside the system and will slowly sublimate. Furthermore, when the pressure inside the system drops to the ambient pressure, part of the refrigerant will be left in the volume of the system s components and distribution lines. Due to the fact that O 2 is 1.5 times heavier than air, stratification will occur and its concentration will be higher at low levels close to the floor. Therefore, O 2 concentration distribution in air will not be homogenous as assumed in these calculations. An idea for further analysis is to study the concentration distribution of O 2 at different heights in the room to see if the concentration at an average height of human body will be higher or lower than the calculated value using the good mixing assumption. Based on the above discussion, it can be concluded that this model over predicts the O 2 concentration in the machine room and the shopping area. ONLUSION From the analysis of the calculations results, it is clear that using O 2 in supermarket refrigeration does not enclose health risks for the customers and the workers in the shopping area. Yet, O 2 detectors are recommended to be installed in the shopping area, especially in places where O 2 leakage is probable and high local concentrations of O 2 is expected. We would like to point out that that even if the O 2 charge and the size of the supermarket s shopping area and machine room are identical to the modelled case, the individual case of every supermarket must be considered separately taking into consideration the geometrical variations and the locations of the distribution lines. Apparently, safety requirements such as proper ventilation and alarm system are a must in the machine room. NOMENLATURES : oncentration after 1 hour (ppm) : Maximum (initial) concentration (ppm) max : oncentration (kg/m 3 ) 3 ( kg / m ) ppm : oncentration (ppm) air : oncentration in fresh air (ppm) 0 : Initial concentration (ppm) G : Refrigerant charge (kg) m& : O 2 mass flow rate (kg/h) O 2 N : Air change per hour (1/hour) t : Time (hour) V & : Fresh air volumetric flow rate (m 3 /h)

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