February 4, 2015

PSV outlet pipe size reduction causes fireball incident

An incident where a PSV outlet pipe size was reduced from 4" to 3" caused an incident when the PSV popped. The resulting rupture caused a fireball. The personnel were protected as they were wearing fire retardant clothing. Read about this incident in this link

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