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Fire while filling portable container! — Process Safety Beacon, January 2009
Fire while filling portable container! — Process Safety Beacon, January 2009
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- Process Safety Beacon January 2009
- Hazardous SubstancesHot Work and FireProcess Safety
- FireHazardous substancesStatic electricity
- Fluid transfer
- Hose
- Ignition source control
Summary
This bulletin revisits a fire during ethyl acetate filling into a portable steel tote. It explains how free-falling liquid can generate static charge and recommends bottom filling or dip pipes, with initially restricted velocity. Further measures include bonding, earthing and hoses designed for flammable liquids.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Static electricity; electrostatic discharge.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Ignition source control; ignition prevention.
Summary
Beacon on a fire that occurred while a flammable liquid was being filled into a portable container.
Process Safety Beacon January 2009. Themes: hazardous substances, hot work and fire, process safety.