ASTM G88-05

Standard Guide for Designing Systems for Oxygen Service

SCOPE
1.1 This guide applies to the design of systems for oxygen or oxygen-enriched service but is not a comprehensive document. Specifically, this guide addresses system factors that affect the avoidance of ignition and fire. It does not thoroughly address the selection of materials of construction for which Guides G 63 and G 94 are available, nor does it cover mechanical, economic or other design considerations for which well-known practices are available. This guide also does not address issues concerning the toxicity of nonmetals in breathing gas or medical gas systems.Note 1
The American Society for Testing and Materials takes no position respecting the validity of any evaluation methods asserted in connection with any item mentioned in this guide. Users of this guide are expressly advised that determination of the validity of any such evaluation methods and data and the risk of use of such evaluation methods and data are entirely their own responsibility.
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory requirements prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Jun-2005
• ICS: 11.040.10 - Anaesthetic, respiratory and reanimation equipment
• Technical Committee: G04 - Compatibility and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen Enriched Atmospheres
• Drafting Committee: G04.02 - Recommended Practices

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM G88-90(1997)e1 - Standard Guide for Designing Systems for Oxygen Service
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G94-22 - Standard Guide for Evaluating Metals for Oxygen Service
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G63-15(2023) - Standard Guide for Evaluating Nonmetallic Materials for Oxygen Service
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G86-17 - Standard Test Method for Determining Ignition Sensitivity of Materials to Mechanical Impact in Ambient Liquid Oxygen and Pressurized Liquid and Gaseous Oxygen Environments
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM F1792-97(2021) - Standard Specification for Special Requirements for Valves Used in Gaseous Oxygen Service
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G93/G93M-19 - Standard Guide for Cleanliness Levels and Cleaning Methods for Materials and Equipment Used in Oxygen-Enriched Environments
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM D5885/D5885M-20 - Standard Test Method for Oxidative Induction Time of Polyolefin Geosynthetics by High-Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G126-16(2023) - Standard Terminology Relating to the Compatibility and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen Enriched Atmospheres
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM E2349-19 - Standard Practice for Safety Requirements in Metal Casting Operations: Sand Preparation, Molding, and Core Making; Melting and Pouring; and Cleaning and Finishing
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G175-13(2021) - Standard Test Method for Evaluating the Ignition Sensitivity and Fault Tolerance of Oxygen Pressure Regulators Used for Medical and Emergency Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G74-13(2021) - Standard Test Method for Ignition Sensitivity of Nonmetallic Materials and Components by Gaseous Fluid Impact
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G128/G128M-15(2023) - Standard Guide for Control of Hazards and Risks in Oxygen Enriched Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G145-08(2023) - Standard Guide for Studying Fire Incidents in Oxygen Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM G124-18 - Standard Test Method for Determining the Combustion Behavior of Metallic Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: G88 − 05
StandardGuide for
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Designing Systems for Oxygen Service
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationG88;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginal
adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
Section Title Section
Factors Affecting the Design for an 5
1.1 This guide applies to the design of systems for oxygen
Oxygen or Oxygen-
or oxygen-enriched service but is not a comprehensive docu- Enriched System
General 5.1
ment. Specifically, this guide addresses system factors that
Factors Recognized as Causing 5.2
affect the avoidance of ignition and fire. It does not thoroughly
Fires
address the selection of materials of construction for which Temperature 5.2.1
Spontaneous Ignition 5.2.2
Guides G63 and G94 are available, nor does it cover
Pressure 5.2.3
mechanical,economicorotherdesignconsiderationsforwhich
Concentration 5.2.4
Contamination 5.2.5
well-known practices are available. This guide also does not
Particle Impact 5.2.6
address issues concerning the toxicity of nonmetals in breath-
Heat of Compression 5.2.7
ing gas or medical gas systems.
Friction and Galling 5.2.8
NOTE 1—The American Society for Testing and Materials takes no Resonance 5.2.9
Static Electric Discharge 5.2.10
position respecting the validity of any evaluation methods asserted in
Electrical Arc 5.2.11
connection with any item mentioned in this guide. Users of this guide are
Flow Friction 5.2.12
expresslyadvisedthatdeterminationofthevalidityofanysuchevaluation
Mechanical Impact 5.2.13
methods and data and the risk of use of such evaluation methods and data
Kindling Chain 5.2.14
are entirely their own responsibility.
Other Ignition Mechanisms 5.2.15
Test Methods 6
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
System Design Method 7
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Overview 7.1
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
Final Design 7.2
Avoid Unnecessarily Elevated 7.3
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Temperatures
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
Avoid Unnecessarily Elevated 7.4
1.3 This standard guide is organized as follows:
Pressures
Design for System Cleanness 7.5
Section Title Section
Avoid Particle Impacts 7.6
Referenced Documents 2
Minimize Heat of Compression 7.7
ASTM Standards 2.1
Avoid Friction and Galling 7.8
CGA Documents 2.3
Avoid Corrosion 7.9
EIGA Documents 2.4
Avoid Resonance 7.10
ASTM Manuals 2.5
Use Proven Hardware 7.11
Terminology 3
Design to Manage Fires 7.12
Significance and Use 4
Anticipate Indirect Oxygen Exposure 7.13
Purpose of G88 4.1
Minimize Available Fuel/Oxygen 7.14
Role of G88 4.2
Avoid Potentially Exothermic 7.15
Use of G88 4.3
Material Combinations
Anticipate Common Failure 7.16
Mechanism Consequences
Avoid High Surface-Area-to-Volume 7.17
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This guide is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee G04 on Compatibility (S/V) Conditions
where Practical
and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen Enriched Atmospheres and is the direct
Avoid Unnecessarily-Elevated 7.18
responsibility of Subcommittee G04.02 on Recommended Practices.
Oxygen Concentrations
Current edition approved July 1, 2005. Published November 2005. Originally
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Anticipate Permutations from 7.19
approved in 1984. Last previous edition approved in 1997 as G88 – 90 (1997) .
Intended System Design
DOI: 10.1520/G0088-05.
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G88−05
CGA P-8 Safe Practices Guide for Air Separation Plants
Section Title Section
Avoid Designs and Failure 7.20
CGAPS-15 Toxicity Considerations of Nonmetallic Materi-
Scenarios that can Introduce
als in Medical Oxygen Cylinder Valves
Potential Flow Friction Ignition
Hazards
2.5 European Industrial Gases Association Documents:
Use Only the Most Compatible of 7.21
EIGA/IGC Doc 11/82 Centrifugal Oxygen Compressor
Practical Materials
and Designs
Code of Practice
Provide Thorough Safety Training 7.22
EIGA/IGC Doc 13/02/E Oxygen Pipeline Systems
for All Personnel
EIGA/IGC Doc 27/01 Centrifugal Oxygen Compressor
Working with Oxygen or Oxygen-
Enriched
Code of Practice
Components or Systems, including
EIGA/IGC Doc 65/99/E Safe Operation of Reboilers/
Design,
Condensers in Air Separation Units
Cleaning, Assembly, Operations,
and
EIGA/IGC Doc 73/00/E High-Pressure Breathing Gas Sys-
Maintenance as Applicable to
tems Toxicity Risks of Using Non Metallic Materials
Personnel
Miscellaneous 7.23
Examples 8
3. Terminology
Key Words 9
References
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1
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