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Process Safety Beacon: Corroded Tanks Are Dangerous

Process Safety Beacon

May

2017

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A tank containing spent sulfuric acid (and some hydrocarbon) from a refinery alkylation process exploded in 2001 (Photo 1), injuring eight and killing one person. Some of the spilled sulfuric acid flowed into a nearby river, causing environmental damage.

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Process Safety Beacon: Corroded Tanks Are Dangerous

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