ShareWhat can we learn from the Shreveport ammonia fire?
Author(s) : LINDBORG A.
Summary
The author presents a down-to-earth analysis of the probable causes of a fire that occurred in a refrigerated storage facility using ammonia. A certain number of plant defects are mentioned: these defects may have contributed to the seriousness of the fire.
Details
- Original title: What can we learn from the Shreveport ammonia fire?
- Record ID : 1999-0790
- Languages: English
- Source: Regulations efficiency training safety cost.
- Publication date: 1998/03/15
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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Indexing
- Themes: Refrigerating equipment: general information
- Keywords: Safety; Ammonia; Sweden; Refrigerating plant; Accident
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What can we learn from the Shreveport ammonia f...
- Author(s) : LINDBORG A.
- Date : 1998/06/02
- Languages : English
- Source: Natural Refrigerants, Energy Efficiency, Cost and Safety. Natural Working Fluids '98. IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference.
- Formats : PDF
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Lessons learned from 30 years of process safety...
- Author(s) : REINDL D.
- Date : 2023/08/21
- Languages : English
- Source: Proceedings of the 26th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Paris , France, August 21-25, 2023.
- Formats : PDF
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Pressure containment.
- Author(s) : PAGET D.
- Date : 1996/11/21
- Languages : English
- Source: Safe and reliable refrigeration: practical ways of avoiding costly blunders.
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Retour d'expérience : l'ammoniac et la réfrigér...
- Author(s) : CLARET J. L.
- Date : 1995/02
- Languages : French
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Ammonia as a coolant for the XXI century: a Rus...
- Author(s) : KOGAN B.
- Date : 1998/11
- Languages : English
- Source: IRHACE J. - vol. 10 - n. 7
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