6. Conclusion
Recent years have seen a tightening of the regulatory constraints applying to our activities, and unprecedented financial efforts have been made to improve the safety levels of our facilities. 600 million (source: La réglementation applicable aux silos au titre des installations classées pour la protection de l'environnement, report IGE/03/027 dated August 2003). On this basis, the average cost of bringing silos into compliance would be around e600k per silo, or e15-20 per tonne of capacity, i.e. 10-20% of the cost of building a vertical silo.
Successive regulatory changes have led to major investments, resulting in a reduction in storage capacity in France. According to FranceAgriMer data, storage capacity has fallen by 3.2 Mt, from 58.4 to 55.1 Mt, since the end of 2000, for both regulatory and rationalization reasons, while at the same time production increased...
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Bibliography
Websites
COOP de France silo guide http://www.guide-silo.com
ARIA database (BARPI) http://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Standards and norms
- Standard for the prevention of fires and dust explosions in Agricultural and food products facilities - NFPA 61 - 1999
- Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting - NFPA 68 - 2007
- Staubbrände und Staubexplosionen –Gefahren – Beurteilung – Schutzmaßnahmen – Brand- und Explosionsschutz an Sprühtrocknungsanlagen – Beispiele – Dust fires and dust explosions – Hazards – assessment – protective measures...
Regulations
Arrêté du 26 novembre 2012 relatif aux prescriptions générales applicables aux installations relevant du régime de l "enregistrement au titre de la rubrique n° 2160 de la nomenclature des installations classées pour la protection de l "environnement.
Arrêté du 28 décembre 2007 relatif aux prescriptions générales applicables aux installations classées soumises à déclaration sous la rubrique n° 2160...
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