Name: Run Away in a storage tank
Start: 2018-6-1
End: 2018-6-1

June, 2018

201801JunAll DayRun Away in a storage tankEPSC Learning Sheet | Avoid reactions in stored chemicalsLessons:Risk AssessmentLanguage:EN Origin: EPSC Document Type:BulletinTopics:Chemical Reaction,Flammable Atmospheres

Summary

At a pharma production location a storage tank with 45% chloro-acetaldehyde (CAA) released an HCl cloud after the CAA polymerised in an exothermic reaction. The pressure increase ruptured piping.

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Origin

EPSCEuropean Process Safety Centre