当前位置: Home / Faq / High purity nitrogen air separation FAQ /

What safety problems should be paid attention to when contacting oxygen and nitrogen

What safety problems should be paid attention to when contacting oxygen and nitrogen
Jul 08, 2025
Author: DEAR AST

Oxygen is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas. It is a combustion promoter. It can be mixed with combustible gas (acetylene, methane, etc.) in a certain proportion to form explosive mixture. When the oxygen concentration in the air increases to 25%, it can stimulate active combustion reaction; When the oxygen concentration reaches 27%, a spark can develop into a lively flame. Therefore, fireworks are strictly prohibited in the oxygen workshop and around the oxygen generation device. When the clothes are saturated with oxygen, they will burn quickly in case of open fire. Especially the clothes contaminated with grease may spontaneously ignite in the presence of oxygen.

Nitrogen is a colorless, tasteless and odorless inert gas. It is harmless to human body, but when the nitrogen content in the air increases, it reduces the oxygen content, making it difficult to breathe. In order to avoid the increase of nitrogen content in the air in the workshop, nitrogen separated from the air separation plant shall not be discharged indoors. When overhauling nitrogen charging equipment, vessels and pipelines, air shall be used to replace them, and the operation shall be allowed only after the oxygen content is qualified. During maintenance, the nitrogen valve shall be supervised to prevent personal accidents caused by opening the valve by mistake.

DEAR air separation can produce large, medium and small air separation equipment, high-purity oxygen, nitrogen and argon equipment, low purity oxygen, liquid air separation equipment, natural gas purification, natural gas liquefaction (LNG), etc

DEAR Air Separation Solve YourWhat safety problems should be paid attention to when contacting oxygen and nitrogenYou can also learn about otherHigh purity nitrogen air separation FAQ about DEAR Air Separation, and solve the problem for you.
Didn’t find the problem encountered?
Please contact live chat or email for quick help.
Related FAQ
More Related FAQ
Conventional liquid air separation plants are cooled by isothermal throttling refrigeration and expander refrigeration, LNG cold energy air separation eliminates the need for an expander and utilises the cooling capacity of LNG and isothermal throttling refrigeration. The air separation unit uses circulating nitrogen gas to liquefy into liquid nitrogen in a liquefier, which is fed into the lower tower, where the cold is transferred to the distillation system to pump the dirty liquid nitrogen thr...
2026.01.08
Cryogenic air separation nitrogen production uses air as raw material, which is compressed, purified and heat exchanged to liquefy gas air into liquid air. Liquid air is mainly a mixture of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen. Liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen have different boiling points and are separated by distillation to obtain nitrogen. 1. Air compression and purification The air passes through the air strainer to remove dust and mechanical impurities, then enters the air compressor, compresses to the required pressure, and then goes to the air cooler to reduce the air temperature. It then enters the air drying purifier to remove moisture, carbon dioxide, acetylene and other hydrocarbons from the air. 2. Air separation The purified air enters the main heat exchanger in the air separation column, and is cooled to the saturation temperature by the reflux gas (production nitrogen gas, waste gas), and is sent to the bottom of the distillation column. The nitrogen is obtained fr
2026.01.07
Need more information?
Contact us for more details about our air separation equipment, solutions and services.
Products
  • Large air separation
  • Small air separation
  • High purity nitrogen air separation
  • Liquefaction air separation
  • Complete air separation
  • Biogas purification
  • Air separation parts
Need more information?
Tel:+86-19837850537
© Kaifeng DEAR Air Separation Industry Co., Ltd.. All rights reserved.
Online
Inquiry
Email
Top