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I have recently started working on a vessel, the guys I work with store a small mix of chemcials in a chemical storage cabinet. The chemicals require to be stored in a cool, well ventillated area. However, this chemical cabinet is currently stored in a very warm storage container, and the temperature in this part of the world can reach mid 35 degrees during the day; warmer than this in the container. We currently have no where else to store this, as storage space is an issue at the moment. I need to sperate the flammables into a seperate flammable cabinet, but that is another issue. I have suggested that we get Atex rated fans installed into the container, one for extracting the vapours from the container and into the atmosphere, and additional fan(s) designed to cool the container down. This as you can imagine will come at a fair cost for the relatively small amount of chemicals stored (Chemical Cabinet 1830 x 610 x 457), so will no doubt raise questions about possible other solutions. I have looked at ventilated chemcial storage cabinets, but this is more cost effective for our needs.
Does anyone have any other ideas for our situation?
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Is it saying the obvious there are two issues - keeping the cabinet cool and keeping the cabinet ventilated. Perhaps looking to solve them individually rather than collectively may help in your challening situation. Alas I have no solution, only helpiong in your decision making process!
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Have you started from first principles - do you actually need the product(s), and if so is there a "safer" alternative(s)? As to fans - an electro mechanical solution could fail in which case it is likely you would be back to square one until such time as a repair could be effected. Have you spoken to the material supplier? Some SDS & product labelling information can be there as default statements - the product itself may be able to stand higher temperatures than being kept from freezing and its packaging may not need direct ventilation only when the material is in use following oepning for the first time. Are you utilising the ideal pack size? The bulk pack may seem better value but if storing it for a long time under adverse conditions efficacy may decline and wastage increase. Optimal size would be the single dose/use.
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Have you started from first principles - do you actually need the product(s), and if so is there a "safer" alternative(s)? As to fans - an electro mechanical solution could fail in which case it is likely you would be back to square one until such time as a repair could be effected. Have you spoken to the material supplier? Some SDS & product labelling information can be there as default statements - the product itself may be able to stand higher temperatures than being kept from freezing and its packaging may not need direct ventilation only when the material is in use following oepning for the first time. Are you utilising the ideal pack size? The bulk pack may seem better value but if storing it for a long time under adverse conditions efficacy may decline and wastage increase. Optimal size would be the single dose/use.
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