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re: TPC Plant in Port Neches Explosion: Port Neches, Groves, and parts of Nederland Evacuated
Posted on 11/28/19 at 7:56 am to jimjackandjose
Posted on 11/28/19 at 7:56 am to jimjackandjose
None specific. I have just been involved with too many API committees that have allowed things to go into specs or practices that were less than what it should or could have been because of costs.
Don’t mean to sound too negative. API has many good standards, specs, and practices. I was on replying to the post that referencing the safety aspects because of API.
Don’t mean to sound too negative. API has many good standards, specs, and practices. I was on replying to the post that referencing the safety aspects because of API.
This post was edited on 11/28/19 at 8:00 am
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Posted on 11/28/19 at 8:07 am to TigerFred
One of my employees lives close to the plant and has damage to her house from one of the bigger explosions. Cracked rafters, and it looks like the whole house has shifted over a few inches. It's an older house with pier and beam construction.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 8:14 am to TigerFred
Article on PES fire and explosion in June
The fire originated in the refinery's Alky unit which uses HF acid. I'm guessing there was a deadleg or some other spot where the pipe didn't have full flow and the acid corroded the pipe.
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An outdated piece of pipe that had corroded so much its sides were the width of half a credit card led to the catastrophic explosion and fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in June, according to a new report out Wednesday by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
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he Chemical Safety Board report says the faulty pipe that led to the explosion and fire was installed in 1973 and was grandfathered when new standards were put in place in 1995.
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After explosions in California and Utah, Kulinowski said, the Chemical Safety Board recommended that industry inspect all pipes, not just representative sections. But it does not have the power to demand those inspections. The American Petroleum Institute sets the safety standards for how to process and utilize HF.
The fire originated in the refinery's Alky unit which uses HF acid. I'm guessing there was a deadleg or some other spot where the pipe didn't have full flow and the acid corroded the pipe.
This post was edited on 11/28/19 at 8:15 am
Posted on 11/28/19 at 1:31 pm to TigerFred
If you cant really name specifics and are speaking about experiences on committees which you didnt get your way, you have basically invalidated your argument.
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