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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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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Modern trends in assurance of safe operation of...
- Author(s) : BELOZEROV G. A., MEDNIKOVA N. M., PYTCHENKO V. P., et al.
- Date : 2002/08/26
- Languages : English
- Formats : PDF
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Ammonia refrigerating systems of new generation...
- Author(s) : CHUMAK I. G., CHEPURNENKO V. P., TERZIEV G. S., ONISCHENKO V. P.
- Date : 1994/05/10
- Languages : English
- Source: New Applications of Natural Working Fluids in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
- Formats : PDF
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Gaseous ammonia dispersion: comparison of exper...
- Author(s) : STEWART W. E. Jr, CLARK R. W., STICKLER L. A., SAUNDERS C. K.
- Date : 1995/06/24
- Languages : English
- Source: ASHRAE Transactions.
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