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Environmental, Health & Safety :: Plant & Personnel Safety :: Fire Protection

July 1, 2007

Causes and Prevention of Packing Fires

Full understanding of the risks and benefits of packed-distillation columns will lead to better design and maintenance practices and will lower the risk of future fires

Design Practices Committee Fractionation Research Inc.

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   Most columns shut down without fires. Yet most refineries and chemical plants at some time or another have experienced spontaneous or hot work...

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