Hot work Habitats , or most often called as
Welding Habitats are constructed enclosures within a potentially hazardous environment
where ignitable gas can present.
Habitats are used for carrying out hot work such as welding, grinding, sand blasting, cutting or any other work which can generate heat sources which in turn act as ignition sources.
Habitats are used for carrying out hot work such as welding, grinding, sand blasting, cutting or any other work which can generate heat sources which in turn act as ignition sources.
Habitats can be used to
perform essential maintenance or modification work within a live process plant environment
without risking ignition of potential gas clouds around. Habitats allow
such work to be performed without expensive shutdowns of entire plants.
These
habitats are constantly kept under over-pressure (positive pressure) conditions
in order to avoid combustible gas ingress into the habitat environment.
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| Schematic of a hot work habitat |
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| A welding habitat constructed around a pipeline (to be welded) |
