Instrumentation and Plant Safety Case Study: Refinery Explosion

A case study of the 2005 BP refinery explosion in Texas City, TX. This video recaps the events and circumstances leading up to a catastrophic explosion. Contributing factors include inadequate level and safety instrumentation, as well as breakdowns in safety monitoring and standard operating procedures. This video, courtesy of the Chemical Safety Board (csv.gov) is an excellent educational reference and should be viewed by engineering, maintenance, and plant management personnel everywhere.

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MSA Ultima X5000 Gas Monitor is Packed With Advances

The Ultima X5000 Gas Monitor from MSA incorporates a number of patented features, along with advanced design, that deliver superior performance and lower ownership cost for monitoring and detecting toxic and hazardous gas in industrial settings. Take two minutes and watch the video to learn more, or contact a product specialist with your application challenge for an effective solution.

Lightning and Surge Protection for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres

Protect your plant's hazardous area
from lightning strikes and surges.

During producing, processing, storing and transporting flammable substances (e.g. fuel, alcohol, liquid gas, explosive dusts), potentially explosive atmospheres where no ignition sources may be present to prevent explosion frequently occur in chemical and petrochemical industrial plants. The relevant safety regulations describe the risk for such plants posed by atmospheric discharges (lightning strikes). In this context, it must be observed that there is a risk of re and explosion resulting from direct or indirect lightning discharge since in some cases these plants are widely distributed.

To ensure the required plant availability and safety, a conceptual procedure is required to protect parts of electrical and electronic installations of process plants from lightning currents and surges.

The white paper below, provided by DEHN,  provides an in-depth strategy on plant protection and safety from lightning strikes and surges in hazardous areas.

Lightning and Surge Protection for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres from Instrument Specialties, Inc.

For more information, contact:
Instrument Specialties Inc.
3885 St. Johns Parkway
Sanford, FL 32771
phone 407.324.7800
fax 407.324.1104

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