Safety Alert
Safety Alert 59 - Compressor Explosion
Safety Alert 59 - Compressor Explosion
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 59
- ExplosionMachinery and Equipment
- ExplosionMechanical failurePressure systems
- Pressure vesselValve
- Energy and process isolationPressure relief
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore compressor explosion followed rupture-disc failure and air entering a compressor that continued running. The alert identifies possible gas-surge causes, reports extensive compressor damage without injuries, fire or pollution, and describes changes to fuel shutdown, relief valves and isolation of out-of-service pressure vessels.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Pressure vessel; pressure vessels.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Pressure relief; overpressure protection.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 59. Themes: explosion, machinery and equipment.