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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 8:22 am to Crow Pie
Posted on 11/28/19 at 8:22 am to Crow Pie
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they surely must have a plan to evacuate/off load the material in the spheres when a situation like this occurs?
Lived around here my young life. Never worked one. So understand who is asking the question.
Neches Butane is a pretty old facility that’s changed hands a few times. Evacuating that material has to happen underground to a pipe and outlet a good distance away. Old refinery Baw isn’t driving up there in a truck or several trucks each with a chance to spark or vent fumes?
It is terrible. The plants always looked a good way away to a kids eyes going middle school and port neches elementary across the road.
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Posted on 11/28/19 at 9:04 am to LSU alum wannabe
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Evacuating that material has to happen underground to a pipe and outlet a good distance away.
The plant has no power to operate any pumps there. I would imagine the only way to remove the contents manually would be if there were a depressuring system to the flare that could be manually opened. The flare may have been damaged during the explosions. If that is the case, the only way would be for the relief valves to discharge to the atmosphere once their set pressure is reached. Not really any good options other than to continue to keep them cool from deluging them and hope another explosion doesn’t result in the integrity being compromised from flying debris.
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