Archive for the ‘Fires and explosions’ Category
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
In February of this year, Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) kick-started a $7.9-million test program to evaluate large LNG fires on water. SNL built a two-meter-deep pond 120 meters in diameter, spilled LNG on the pond and ignited it. This produced a LNG pool fire 20-m (66-feet) in diameter. The plan ...
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
OSHA is currently working on regulation for preventing dust explosions.
The first reported dust explosion was in 1890 in a sugar mill in Chicago. According to the CSB investigation, dust explosion has resulted in 130 deaths and 780 injuries since 1980. According to Combustible Dust Institute research of news reports, there ...
Posted in Dust Explosions, Fires and explosions, Regulations | 2 Comments »
Sunday, May 10th, 2009
I recently came across a report from European Gas Pipeline Incident Data Group (EGIG) titled "Safety Performance Determines The Acceptability of Cross Country Gas Transmission Systems". The paper presents incident data contributed by six European gas transmission operators over a 30-year period of 1970-2001.
An incident within this failure database implies ...
Posted in Failure Data, Fires and explosions, Natural Gas Pipelines | 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 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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