PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT INDIA
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December 1, 2017
Hot in Cold equals Explosion!
A hot aqueous process stream was wrongly directed to a tank full of cold hydrocarbon. The heat input from the aqueous stream caused rapid vaporisation of the hydrocarbon which then over-pressured the tank and caused a failure of the roof seam.
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