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Accident # | 92784 |
State Police # | 06-07641 |
Accident Date | 2006-12-20 |
Report Date | 2006-12-28 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | Yes |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Sulfur Dioxide | 0 h 42 m | Transformer T-2, millisecond catalytic cracking unit | NO | YES | NO | BRQ |
Accident Classified As:
Transformer T-2, which supplies 480 volt power to certain pieces of equipment in the millisecond catalytic cracking unit (MSCCU), had an internal short circuit. This in turn caused unstable operations in the MSCCU resulting in flaring.
Restored power to the MSCCU and stabilized operations
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