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Heat and Mass Transfer

Chemical Safety Board Videos

Tesoro Refinery Fatal Explosion and Fire, Anacortes, WA (04/02/2010)
  • Using a forty-year-old heat exchanger
  • Very old equipment
  • Determining vulnerability of equipment to HTHA is inadequate
Video Incident Report Exercise
Valero Refinery Asphyxiation Incident, Delaware City, DE (11/05/2005)
  • Operator’s ignorance.
Video Incident Report Exercise
Williams Olefins Plant Explosion and Fire, Geismar, LA (06/13/2013)
  • Control of the hot and cold side of the heat exchanger
  • Restart the reboiler after 16 months in standby without any previous revision
  • Operator supervisor ignorance about the propene inside the heat exchanger
Video Incident Report Exercise
Barton Solvents Explosions and Fire, Valley Center, KS (07/17/2007)
  • Air inside the tank. The tank was electrically charged.
Video Incident Report Exercise
CAI / Arnel Chemical Plant Explosion, Danvers, MA (11/22/2006)
  • Flammable vapor accumulation
Video Exercise
EQ Hazardous Waste Plant Explosions and Fire, Apex, NC (10/05/2006)
  • The storage of chemicals such as pool chlorination tablets.
Video Exercise