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Accident # | 98704 |
State Police # | 07-04769 |
Accident Date | 2007-08-16 |
Report Date | 2007-08-22 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) | 2 h 50 m | # 3 reformer debutanizer tower | NO | NO | YES | 6,362.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
The LEP absorber tower was shutdown & the #3 debutinizer tower could not send overhead vapor to the LEP therefore #3 towerincr. and PSV was exceed. PSV on the # 3 reformer debutanizer tower reached the PSV set pressure causing a release. The LEP was shutdown due to an unstable steam rate.
The feed rate was reduced to the units to stop the release until the PSV was reseated and confirmed not leaking. Follow up letter indicates that human factors also played a role; an operator did not respond appropriately to a series of alarms.
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