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Huge fire at a chemical storage tank in Thailand kills one and …

At least one person was killed and four others were injured after a huge fire broke out at a chemical storage tank in an Eastern Thailand industrial park on Thursday.

1983 Newark explosion

Texaco Farms The Texaco Farms located on Doremus Avenue is an expanse of land on which a number of fuel oil storage tanks are located. Newark held roughly 40 tank farms, each holding about 3,142 million US gallons (1.189 × 10 10 L; 2.616 × …

Evacuation ordered after blaze at Thai chemical storage tank facility

BANGKOK, May 9 (Reuters) - An evacuation was ordered for communities near a fire at a chemical storage tank terminal that killed one person in Thailand''s eastern Rayong …

Report on UH lab explosion reveals deep, systemic safety failures

Issued late in the afternoon in Honolulu on 1 July, the UCCLS report consists of two parts, a 73-page technical analysis of the incident and a 38-page set of recommendations for changes needed to overcome systemic failures in the lab and university''s approach to safety. We will be commenting on the report at greater length …

Review: Hydrogen Tank Explosion in Gangneung, South Korea

A devastating hydrogen tank explosion occurred in Gangneung, South Korea on May of 2019. Two men died and several buildings including even for more than 100 meters away, …

Storage tank fire accidents

Fifty storage tank fires occurring during the past 50 years in China are reviewed in this article. The results show that over 64% accidents occur in petrochemical …

Research on maximum explosion overpressure in LNG storage tank …

LNG tanks with a radius greater than 40 m have been widely developed in recent years, and the relative deviation of the correlation and FLACS greater than this size is less than 6.6%. The maximum overpressure of the test scale explosion obtained from the correlation is 326.09 Pa. It is close to 389 Pa, which is the maximum tested overpressure ...

Risk evaluation and analysis of a gas tank explosion based on a vapor cloud explosion …

A gas tank is an important storage facility in chemical enterprises. When an explosion occurs, it can easily cause mass injury and death. This paper takes a 50,000 m ³ gas tank ...

Experimental and computational Fluid Dynamics study of separation gap effect on gas explosion mitigation for methane storage tanks …

A similar study was carried out by Li et al. [42] to study effect of separation gap effect between different methane storage tanks. A number of gas explosion layouts with three ...

Accident consequence assessment of benzene leakage from storage tank …

There was no significant difference in the consequences of the thermal radiation from pool fire and the Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) scenario in both the rainy and dry seasons. The maximum threat zones were determined to be 2200 and 305 m for the toxic benzene vapor cloud and the flammable area, respectively.

Experimental and computational Fluid Dynamics study of separation gap effect on gas explosion mitigation for methane storage tanks …

Two explosion-proof fans were used for the methane-air mixing. As demonstrated in Fig. 5 (a), a fan and a recirculation pump were connected to the center tank to inflate and circulate air inside the tank, whereas another fan shown in Fig. 5 (b) was used to mix the methane-air mixture in the space between the center tank and the film …

(PDF) Behavior of Barrier Wall under Hydrogen Storage Tank Explosion …

During the worst-case scenario explosion of a hydrogen gas 300 kg storage tank, the minimum distance between the hydrogen gas tank storage and protection wall should be 3.6 m. (a) Position of ...

EAST OHIO GAS CO. EXPLOSION AND FIRE | Encyclopedia of Cleveland …

At approx. 2:30 P.M., white vapor began leaking out of Storage Tank No. 4, which had been built by the East Ohio Gas Co. in 1942 to provide additional reserve gas for local war industries. The gas in the tank, located at the northern end of E. 61st St., became combustible when mixed with air and exploded at 2:40 P.M., followed by the explosion of …

Internal Explosion Load Computation and Structural Response of Storage Tank …

Storage tanks are usually used for the storage of various inflammable and explosive media. When the concentration of inflammable gases volatilized from the media in the tank lies in the range between the lower and upper explosive limits, combustion and explosion are very likely to happen under the condition of accidental ignition. The …

As it happened: Four dead after silo tank blast

PA. Four people have died following an explosion at a waste water treatment works in Bristol, police have confirmed. Firefighters were called to Wessex Water''s premises in Avonmouth, Bristol, at ...

48 years ago: Staten Island liquefied natural gas explosion in kills …

New York-Grim Work-Firemen are lowered into a Staten Island, New York gas storage tank Sunday as the search continues for victims of an explosion and fire in which authorities said 40 men were ...

Risk evaluation and analysis of a gas tank explosion based on a vapor cloud explosion …

DOI: 10.1016/J.ENGFAILANAL.2019.03.003 Corpus ID: 139366553 Risk evaluation and analysis of a gas tank explosion based on a vapor cloud explosion model: A case study @article{Zhang2019RiskEA, title={Risk evaluation and …

Review: Hydrogen Tank Explosion in Gangneung, South Korea

A devastating hydrogen tank explosion occurred in Gangneung, South Korea on May of 2019. Two men died and several buildings including even for more than 100 meters away, have been seriously damaged. The cause of the explosion has been found that oxygen is permeated into the hydrogen storage tank. It was a P2G testing site and a hydrogen is ...

Modeling the consequences of gas leakage and explosion fire in liquefied petroleum gas storage tank in Istanbul technical university, Maslak ...

In case of LPG leakage from the storage tank, the concentration of LPG was about 2100 ppm which is equal to the lower explosive limit at the distance of 187 m. The consequences of combustion and explosion of LPG gas at a distance of 65 m from the storage tank were the most serious danger that threatens humans.

Far-field pressure prediction of a vented gas explosion from storage tanks by using new CFD simulation guidance …

Four cylindrical tanks of 1.0 m height and 1.5 m diameter were designed according to the American Petroleum Institute Standard (API-650, 2007).Tank walls were made of Q345B steel with a yield strength of 345 MPa and tensile strength of 470 MPa. As seen in Fig. 1, the tank roof had two vent panels. ...

An explosion in Texas shows the hidden dangers of tanks holding heavy fuels

(Pictured above: A tank used to emulsify asphalt caught fire and exploded early Tuesday, June 30, 2020 in a Camden County, New Jersey neighborhood, officials said. Credit: Pennsauken Fire Department) This story appeared in Inside Climate News on June 6, 2021. It is the second in a series of articles. By Sabrina Shankman (''09) and…

Risk evaluation and analysis of a gas tank explosion based on a …

When an explosion occurs, it can easily cause mass injury and death. This paper takes a 50,000 m 3 gas tank as an example to analyze the consequences of an …

Computational study of a high-pressure hydrogen storage tank explosion …

Weyandt examined the explosion hazards of a 34.5-MPa high-pressure hydrogen storage tank by subjecting it to a propane bonfire test. Two experiments were performed for a standalone hydrogen tank and a tank fitted to the underside of a sport utility vehicle (SUV) car.

LPG Storage Tank Accidents: Initiating Events, Causes, Scenarios, and Consequences …

Storage tanks are used in process industries to store large volumes of flammable materials. The frequency of storage tank accidents is low, but there is considerable damage in case of occurrence. LP gas storage tanks are no exception to this rule, and due to storage under pressure and above the boiling point, a small leak has the …

Hydrogen tank explosion kills 2 in Gangneung

A hydrogen tank explosion killed two people and left six injured in the eastern city of Gangneung in South Korea, the firefighting authorities said Thursday. One is seriously injured ...

Huge fire at a chemical storage tank in Thailand kills one and …

Black smoke billows after an explosion at the gas storage tanks in an industrial area in Rayong province, eastern of Thailand, Thursday, May 9, 2024. At least one person was killed and several ...

Analysis on Risk of Multi

As a storage area of dangerous chemicals, oil and gas storage areas are prone to major leakage, fire and explosion accidents. In order to study the multi-factor catastrophic effect of the oil and gas storage tank under the influence of the domino accident, the non ...

Hydrogen Safety Challenges: A Comprehensive Review on Production, Storage…

Liquid hydrogen storage consists of cooling hydrogen gas to a very low temperature (−253 C) and storing it in insulated tanks. Moreover, cryocompressed hydrogen (CcH 2 ) storage refers to the storage of H 2 at cryogenic temperatures in a container that can be pressurised (nominally to 250–350 atm) as opposed to the current cryogenic …

One Dead, Hundreds Evacuated After Gas Storage Tank …

One Dead, Hundreds Evacuated After Gas Storage Tank Explodes in Eastern Thailand. A massive fire at a chemical storage facility at Map Ta Phut Industrial …

At least 28 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion | Reuters

August 15, 202110:25 AM PDTUpdated 3 years ago. BEIRUT, Aug 15 (Reuters) - At least 28 people were killed and 79 injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon early on Sunday, the health ...

Explosion and fire in a gas‐oil fixed roof storage tank: Case study and lessons learned …

Abstract. On November 2, 1997, a fixed roof gas-oil tank located in the tank farm of Ashdod Oil Refinery exploded, causing the death of one Sample Man, and a fire in two adjacent tanks located in ...

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Report on the June 2019 Hydrogen Explosion and Fire Incident in Santa Clara, California

A. Purpose. This report provides an evaluation by members of the Hydrogen Safety Panel (HSP) of the June 1, 2019 hydrogen release incident at the Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Air Products) hydrogen trailer transfill (transfill) facility located in Santa Clara, California.

Review on fire explosion research of crude oil storage tank

On September 6, 2001, a fire occurred in beishan Crude oil tank farm of Maoming Petrochemi-cal Company, and on July 12, 2009, 5.4 oil tank ex-plosion occurred in Taizhou city, Jiangsu Province, etal. In order to ensure the safety of production and people''s property, it is urgent to analyze and study the risks of tank farm.

Risk evaluation and analysis of a gas tank explosion based on a vapor cloud explosion model: A …

A gas tank is an important storage facility in chemical enterprises. When an explosion occurs, it can easily cause mass injury and death. This paper takes a 50,000 m 3 gas tank as an example to analyze the consequences of …

University of Hawaii lab explosion caused by inappropriate gauge

The 16 March explosion that maimed postdoc Thea Ekins-Coward at the University of Hawaii (UH), Manoa, resulted from her using a pressure gauge "not rated or designed" for use in a "flammable gaseous atmosphere," according to a report issued on Monday by the Honolulu Fire Department. She used a digital gauge "to check the …

Solved When a compressed gas storage tank fails, the | Chegg

When a compressed gas storage tank fails, the resultant explosion occurs so rapidly that the gas cloud can be considered adiabatic and assumed to not mix appreciably with the surrounding atmosphere. Consider the failure of a 2.5 m3 air storage tank initially at 15 bar. a) Calculate the work done on the atmosphere, assuming reversibility.

Dynamic response analysis of a small-scaled ACLNG storage tank under penetration and explosion …

The all-concrete liquefied natural gas (ACLNG) storage tank promises a great prospect for development. The process of the storage tank being impacted by the oval projectile is a transient, strong nonlinear and strong coupling complex dynamic problem. In this paper, a fluid-solid coupling numerical analysis model was established for the …

FDS Simulation and Consequences Forecasting of LPG Storage Tank Pool Fire and Explosion …

[2] Pan You, Qingguang Chen, Guohua Chen etc. Kinetic simulation of the liquefied petroleum gas storage tank explosion hazard characteristics and assessment method research Guangzhou: Guangdong Province safety science Technical research institute, South China University of Science and Technology, 2005, 30-38.

Bangkok Post

RAYONG: A huge blaze at a chemical storage site at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Port was brought under control late Thursday afternoon, after one person died …

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