Digest
Hydrate Hazards — Process Safety Beacon, January 2016
Hydrate Hazards — Process Safety Beacon, January 2016
- CCPS
- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon January 2016
- Pressure SystemsProcess Safety
- Loss of containmentPressure systemsProcess safety
- Inspection and maintenance
- Process pipework and pipelines
- Operating and work proceduresRisk assessment
- Downstream and process industries
Summary
This bulletin explains hydrate formation in water-containing process systems and the temperature and pressure conditions involved. It describes blockage, trapped pressure and possible pipe rupture during removal, citing a fatal methyl mercaptan release. It emphasises understanding plant prevention and removal procedures and evaluating hazards before non-routine clearance work.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Process safety; major accident hazards.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Summary
Beacon issue on the hazards of hydrate formation in process systems.
Process Safety Beacon January 2016. Themes: pressure systems, process safety.