Port Neches - TPC chem plant explosion

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4979]

The Eastman facility in Kingsport, TN had a big coal gas explosion a couple years ago, and it wasn't down that long. But they did try and call up probably every retired engineer that ever worked for them to try and work on getting things back up and running.

[Rip76 4974]

Fyi

https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2019/12/05/elevated-butadiene-levels-prompt-shelter-in-place-for-port-neches/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=kprc2

[austingirl 2192]

Friend of my dad's just sent him these pics of the plant. I'm not super familiar with plant components but I thought some of you might appreciate them.

[Brisketexan 105483]

10 minutes ago, austingirl said:

Friend of my dad's just sent him these pics of the plant. I'm not super familiar with plant components but I thought some of you might appreciate them.

A few coats of paint ought do it.  Might need a little sanding first.

[tx 3 putt 77657]

Ouch I’ll be out there next week looking for orders !

[Schulz2.0 29021]

4 hours ago, austingirl said:

Friend of my dad's just sent him these pics of the plant. I'm not super familiar with plant components but I thought some of you might appreciate them.

The big spherical tanks hold LPGs (liquid petroleum gas). You don't want those going boom.

[Pescado_Rojo 19452]

Yea, I think that scorched tank gives you an idea how close they were to a much worse disaster and probably explains the mandatory evacs. 

Also, two mutual friends with your dad's friend. Both high school classmates from TJ. 

[futureman 22562]

14 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:

The big spherical tanks hold LPGs (liquid petroleum gas). You don't want those going boom.

have seen this stated many times in this thread.  how big of a boom are we talking.  fertilizer plant in west sized boom?  bigger boom?

[Schulz2.0 29021]

15 minutes ago, futureman said:

have seen this stated many times in this thread.  how big of a boom are we talking.  fertilizer plant in west sized boom?  bigger boom?

Look up "bleve" on YouTube.

[futureman 22562]

9 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Look up "bleve" on YouTube.

damn. 

[austingirl 2192]

4 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Yea, I think that scorched tank gives you an idea how close they were to a much worse disaster and probably explains the mandatory evacs. 

Also, two mutual friends with your dad's friend. Both high school classmates from TJ. 

Good old small world of southeast TX. 

1 hour ago, futureman said:

have seen this stated many times in this thread.  how big of a boom are we talking.  fertilizer plant in west sized boom?  bigger boom?

I'm 38 and I don't ever remember an evacuation like this one due to plant explosion concerns. I think there was also concern of a possible chain reaction happening, because there are so many plants so close to each other.

[Brisketexan 105483]

3 hours ago, futureman said:

damn. 

Yeah, man.  Some of those vids are unbleveble.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4979]

Out at my stomping grounds we have those round tanks, but they hold ethylene oxide. That's right, it's ethylene gas with it's own source of oxygen, so it doesn't have to be released into the atmosphere and find the right mixture of air and gas to go boom. All it needs is an ignition source. So when a storm comes through and you hear on the safety channel that lightning struck the EO tanks your butthole tightens considerably. 

[austingirl 2192]

Mom just sent me this. LOL.

 

[Pibald 18]

1 hour ago, austingirl said:

Mom just sent me this. LOL.

 

Our moms have the same taste. I was just sent the newspaper clipping. 

[WBT 20706]

On 1/12/2020 at 10:06 PM, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Out at my stomping grounds we have those round tanks, but they hold ethylene oxide. That's right, it's ethylene gas with it's own source of oxygen, so it doesn't have to be released into the atmosphere and find the right mixture of air and gas to go boom. All it needs is an ignition source. So when a storm comes through and you hear on the safety channel that lightning struck the EO tanks your butthole tightens considerably. 

The explosion last week in Tarragona, Spain was EO.  Nasty stuff.  Two people at the site were killed and a third guy was killed when a 1 ton piece of the reactor came through his apartment building over 3 km away.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51113132

 

[austingirl 2192]

2 hours ago, Pibald said:

Our moms have the same taste. I was just sent the newspaper clipping. 

Are you from there or do you live in the area?