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    Purging on tankers is an operation of introduction of inert gas into a tank already in the inert condition with the object of further reducing the existing oxygen content. H2S is a very toxic, corrosive and flammable gas. It has a distinctive odour of rotten eggs. Introduction of air in ship's tanks usually required when it is necessary to gasfree empty from cargo tanks.

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    Purging on tankers is an operation of introduction of inert gas into a tank already in the inert condition with the object of further reducing the existing oxygen content. H2S is a very toxic, corrosive and flammable gas. It has a distinctive odour of rotten eggs. Introduction of air in ship's tanks usually required when it is necessary to gasfree empty from cargo tanks.

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    Purging on tankers is an operation of introduction of inert gas into a tank already in the inert condition with the object of further reducing the existing oxygen content. H2S is a very toxic, corrosive and flammable gas. It has a distinctive odour of rotten eggs. Introduction of air in ship's tanks usually required when it is necessary to gasfree empty from cargo tanks.

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    H2SPurging?
    Bydefinition,purgingontankersisan operationofintroductionofinertgasintoatankalreadyintheinertcondition
    withtheobjectoffurtherreducingtheexistingoxygencontentand/orreducingtheexistinghydrocarbongascontenttoa
    levelbelowwhichcombustioncannotbesupportedifairissubsequentlyintroducedintothe tank.
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    Purging. The introduction of inert gas into a tank already in the inert condition with the object of further
    reducing the existing oxygen content and/or reducing the existing hydrocarbon gas content to a level below
    whichcombustioncannotbesupportedifairissubsequentlyintroducedintothetank.
    Introductionofairinshipstanksusuallyrequiredwhenitisnecessarytogasfreeemptyfromcargotanks,i.e.toremove
    toxic, flammable and inert gases and increase the oxygen content to 21% by volume after washing. Due to combustible
    nature of hydrocarbon gas its mixture with air can be ignited when hydrocarbon content in air is more than 2% by
    volume.Topermanently (emphasis mine) reduce the hydrocarbon content to 2% or less and to ensure that, during the
    subsequent gas freeing operation, no portion of the tank atmosphere is brought within the flammable range the tanks
    shouldfirstbepurgedwithinertgas.
    Thus,insimplewordspurgingisanoperationofpermanentreplacementofhydrocarbongasinemptycargotanksbyinert
    gastoreduceriskofcombustionandsubsequentventilationwithair.
    Quasipurgingwhichisusuallyproposedbythecharterersisakindofventilationofverysmallempty volumes of loaded
    tankstotemporarybringH2Scontentdown.Introductionofinertgasintoloadedtanksdoesnotdisplaceordilute(asin
    caseofpurgingdescribedabove)H2S,butratherblowsoutvapoursofH2S.Sofarasspeedofinterchangeofgasesin
    tankortanksexceedsspeedofH2Svaporisation,contentofH2Sdecreases,butH2Scontentrisesagainassoonasthis
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    III.RecommendedProcedures
    IV.LegalAnalysis
    V.H2SPurging?

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