High Pressure Gas Cylinders…Relief Valve Failure
Friday, September 17th, 2010The following video desribes 2005 fire/explosion in Praxair's gas cylinder filling and distribution center. The incident occurred when gas from a pressurized propylene cylinder was released through the relif valve and got ignited. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ZLQkn7X-k This is one of those situation where the risk mitigation measure (i.e. relief valve) is creating a hazard. In situations where there is demand on the relief valve, ...