Archive for the ‘Biofuels’ Category
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Based on incident data in biodiesel facilities, I had written that the biodiesel industry in the US is experiencing an incident every two-and-a-half months, i.e. approx. 10 weeks.
Here are incidents following my May 2009 blog post on biodiesel incident frequency.
1. 15 July 2009, Chicago: An explosion at a biodiesel plant ...
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
I would like to wish readers and the growing list of subscribers of risk and safety blog a prosperous 2010.
It has been a year since I started writing the blog. Here are top five blog posts for 2009:
1. Biofuel Safety: Is it time for Bio-PSM?
2. Lithium Battery Fires: Why Your ...
Posted in Battery Fires, Biofuels, Fires and explosions, Process Safety, Risk Analysis | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Last Thursday (September 24, 2009) a fire was reported in a biodisel plant near Osceola County in Florida. The biodiesel plant was owned by New Eden Energy. There were no fatalities or injuries.
Earlier, I had pointed out the need for safety in biofuel plants. Based on incident data I reviewed, ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
Green is "In".
Consumers, retail stores, and corporate policies are all going green.
But just because you have a green technology does not mean you have ZERO risks. Let me give you a couple of examples.
Biofuel Industry
As I have pointed out in an earlier post (Fires and Explosions in Biofuel Industry) biofuel ...
Posted in Ammonia, Biofuels, Process Safety | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The biodiesel and biofuel industry is demonstrating a disturbing trend of unsafe operations. The biodiesel industry is experiencing one fire/explosion incident EVERY two-and-a-half months. Last Friday, there was an explosion at a biodiesel plant in Chicago injuring two workers. The following video from NBC provides details of the incident.
http://tinyurl.com/lmpug7
According to the video, the explosion ...
Posted in Biofuels, Reactive Chemicals | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
In an earlier post, I talked about safety in biofuel plants. Today, I would like to share couple of Google Maps (Source: John Astad of Combustible Dust Policy Institute) that graphically display incidents in biodiesel and ethanol plants.Biodiesel Fires and Explosions Map (click to view)According to the map, there were ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
A couple of years ago I did a presentation for the Houston AIChE chapter on biodiesel market trends and commercial opportunities. Hope you like it.
http://www.slideshare.net/sanjeev_saraf/biodiesel-srs-2007
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Biofuel production and manufacturing facilities in the United States are increasing rapidly. On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (H.R. 6) into law. The comprehensive energy legislation includes a nationwide renewable fuels standard (RFS) that will double the use of ethanol and biodiesel by 2012.
Biodiesel ...
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