B. 8.7. Refrigeration Flashcards
With what requirements shall all refrigeration or air-conditioning installations at a mine comply with?
8.7 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Installations.-(1) The employer must take reasonable measures to ensure that all refrigeration or air-conditioning installations at the mine comply with the requirements of the South African Bureau of Standards Code of Practice – SANS 10147, “Refrigerating systems including plants associated with air-condition systems” (2002: 4th ed) with respect to its safety, construction, erection, operation, inspection and testing.
What shall be kept at the entrance to a refrigeration plant?
23.15.10 At the entrance to the plant, other than a plant in which fluorinated hydro-carbons are used as the refrigerant, there shall be provided and kept readily accessible and adequate length of hose permanently connected to a water supply and 2 suitable gas masks which shall be examined at least once in every 6 months by a person appointed by the manager.
What examinations and tests must be done to refrigeration systems?
8.7 (2) The employer must take reasonable measures to ensure that a competent person examines and operationally tests the entire refrigeration system as contemplated in SANS 10147, excluding pressure relief devices, at least once every 3 (three) months.
What equipment do not apply to the regulation as a refrigeration system?
- 7 (3) Regulation 8.7(1) and 8.7(2) do not apply to any:
(a) household refrigerator;
(b) water cooler or similar equipment that contains less than 1kg of refrigerant;
(c) unit type display counter or any commercial refrigerator that contains less than 15kg of a group 1 refrigerant; and
(d) refrigerant plant that requires a prime mover of less than 10kW or less. - 7 (4) Despite Regulation 8.7(3) the clauses in SANS 10147 that refer to the Montreal Protocol apply to all air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment.
- 7(5) The normative references in the above standard of SANS 10147 are not applicable to the employer
