HIAD Facility - Application: Alkylation Process

The event occurred in an alkylation reactor. Due to the rupture of a pipe (probably due to material failure), a power failure took place and the plant was automatically put in hot-stand-by mode. This…

A pipe failed, probably due to material failure, and the plant was automatically put in hot stand-by (feed and energy supply automatically cut out). The plant was gradually cooled down. After about…

The explosion occurred when a spark from welding equipment ignited flammable vapours from a 415,000-gallon (ca. 1.5 million of litres) sulfuric acid storage tank at the refinery.The investigation…