Category: Health, Safety and Environment
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Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) is a dangerous and potentially catastrophic event that can occur when a container holding a pressurized and boiling liquid suddenly ruptures, causing the rapid...
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Volatile Organic Compounds Sources and Control Measures
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a group of organic chemicals that have high vapour pressure and low water solubility at room temperature. The high vapour pressure of VOCs results due...
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Hydrofluoric Acid Alkylation Unit Safety Measures
Hydrofluoric acid (HF) alkylation units are high-hazard facilities that require strict safety measures to be in place to protect workers, the environment, and the facility. Hydrofluoric acid (HF) used in...
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Environmental Pollution of Petroleum Refineries
Petroleum refineries are an essential part of the modern economy, converting crude oil into a range of useful products such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. However, petroleum refineries also...
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Working and Importance of Windsocks
A windsock is a narrow, conical, or tapered cloth tube, open at both ends and looks like a giant sock. Its larger end is a fixed ring pivoted to swing...
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Formation of Nickel Carbonyl in Hydroprocessing Reactors
Nickel Carbonyl or Nickel Tetracarbonyl Ni(CO)4 is is a highly toxic, potentially fatal if inhaled, rapid skin absorption, highly flammable, and a known carcinogen. Primarily it can cause lung damage....
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Safe Use of Flexible Hoses in Process Industry
Safety of Flexible Hose Pipes Flexible hose pipes have a wide range of applications in the oil refining and chemicals manufacturing industries. They are designed to meet some specific needs...
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Pollution Controls in Petroleum Refinery
In petroleum refineries, the Hydrotreating process mainly removes Sulfur from Naphtha, Kerosene, and Diesel to produce environment-friendly petroleum products in an oil refinery. On the other hand, during the operation...
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Turnaround Safety Topics
Turnaround (abbreviated as TAR, TA, or ATA) is a planned event wherein an entire process of a plant (refinery, petrochemical plant fertilizers plant, etc.) is taken off-stream for a long...