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Rohm and Haas Flare Deflagration Incident by Noel Federer Sarkar is a document available to read on EtoBox.
One of the flares at a Rohm & Haas plant experienced a series of three consecutive deflagrations due to the inadvertent addition of hot air to the flare. This made the methane-air mixture combustible and raised the temperature to 300°C, increasing the flashback velocity. The first deflagration damaged the water seal, allowing subsequent deflagrations to travel into the knockout drum. The root cause was determined to be the introduction of a hot, combustible methane-air mixture due to misaligned valves and a
- Author
- Noel Federer Sarkar
- Language
- EN