Chemistry & Safety opdracht
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This document discusses a chemistry and safety company that stocks and distributes chemicals, oils, and surfactants. It then describes an incident where an explosion occurred during the transfer of VM&P naptha to a tanker-trailer due to a static spark, causing the tank to rocket into the air and other tanks to rupture and catch fire. Finally, it provides recommendations to request additional manufacturer guidance, give employees more training, hire an expert to evaluate conductivity, and have the government revise Material Safety Data Sheets.
Chemistry & Safety opdracht
- 1. Chemistry & SafetyPaul van BellenPatrick van Dorst
- 2. Bud Barton
- 4. Stocking and distributor of:ChemicalsOilSurfactants Lowering the surface tension of liquidsPlasticizersDifferent companiesAkzo-Nobel ChemicalsDow ChemicalBASF-Corporation17-2-2011Chemistry & Safety2
- 7. Emergency Pressure Relief Device
- 8. Liquid Tape Gauging System17-2-2011Chemistry & Safety3
- 9. IncidentTransfer to the final compartment of a tanker-trailer
- 10. Explosion of VM&P naptha through static spark
- 11. Tank rocketing into air, trailing a cloud of smoke and fire
- 12. Two other tanks ruptured and released their contents into fire
- 13. Through the fire other tanks ignited
- 14. Tank top projectile struck a mobile home17-2-2011Chemistry & Safety4
- 15. CorrectionMeasurementsRequestadditionalmanufacturerguidance• Add an inert gas to the tank head space • Modify or replace loose linkage tank level floats • Addananti-static agent • Reduceflow (pumping) velocity17-2-2011Chemistry & Safety5
- 16. ConclusionEmployeeMore trainingEvaluetedangeroussituationsCompanyHirean expert to determineconductivityAdd anti-staticadditivesGovernmentRevise all MSDSs17-2-2011Chemistry & Safety6