Dry Ice

Just had a potential customer tell me most of his deliveries use dry ice.

Any tips?

Is it regulated? Does it have any special carrying requirements?

http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/indoors/foodsafety/dryice.htm

Not sure if this is what you ment, but i tried lol

We used to collect dry ice from BOC and put it on the overnights, I would therefore suggest it is fine.

I've moved a bit of it around in the past. I don't think it's regulated as I never had to go through any formal training to carry it but I may be wrong?

In terms of tips:

• Always wear gloves when handling it, it's very cold and will burn you in seconds
• You need good ventilation, preferably in the floor as when in a gaseous state it's heavier than air and so builds up from the floor robbing the inside of your van of oxygen - that's why they use it in fire extinguishers and for cheesy effects in 1970's discos

Hope this helps.

Dry Ice - Carbon Dioxide, solid

UN 1845 Class 9 Miscellaneous

Not subject to ADR when used as a coolant

Thanks chaps. A little bit of googling has shown that there are couriers who offer to provide dry ice for their customers. This sounds a bit out of my depth considering small scale etc, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has done this. I presume you'd need a special storage freezer or something...

We work with dry ice everyday, just make sure you have the window down a little and let some air in, if you have lot on board it can send you to sleep, and i store dry ice at ours in a special bin

It comes under LQ

You dont need a freezer for dry ice, as its not the cold that keeps it frozen,

Dry ice doesnt melt to a liquid . In other words, dry ice turns from the very cold block of ice in to CO2 gas

Dry ice is down at - 60 degrees, it burners your skin if toughed without gloves

Never handle dry ice without gloves or glasses on