Sydney Banksmeadow Qenos polyethylene / polyprop plant cooling tower goes up in flames
Sydney Banksmeadow Qenos polyethylene / polyprop plant cooling tower goes up in flames
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This was a few days ago - probably a flammable gas leak at one or more water cooled heat exchangers
https://youtu.be/T3hjYncOWAY
https://youtu.be/T3hjYncOWAY
RE: Sydney Banksmeadow Qenos polyethylene / polyprop plant cooling tower goes up in flames
This looks to me like some sort of structural failure (corrosion?).
Screenshot from video.
No widely scattered parts as I would expect from an explosion, and no discussion of a fire except from the flair stack.
RE: Sydney Banksmeadow Qenos polyethylene / polyprop plant cooling tower goes up in flames
RE: Sydney Banksmeadow Qenos polyethylene / polyprop plant cooling tower goes up in flames
Getting the water chemistry program incorrect could have this result, as could a water distribution header joint separation.
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