This Malaysian Standard covers the design, construction and operation of installations for the storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids including petroleum and petroleum products.
Requirements for the safe storage and use of the great variety of flammable and combustible liquids commonly available depend primarily on their fire characteristics, particularly the flash point, which is the basic for the several classifications of liquids as defined in 1.2. It should be noted that the classification of a liquid can be changed by contamination. For example, filling a Class II liquid into a tank which last contained a Class I liquid can alter its classification, as can exposing a Class II liquid to the vapours of a Class I liquid via an inter-connecting vapour line (see 2.2,6.4 and 2.3.5.6),Care shall be exercised in such cases to apply the requirement’s appropriate to the actual classification.
In particular installations the provisions of this code may be altered at th