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The integration of process safety into a chemical reaction engineering course: Kinetic modeling of the T2 incident
Author(s) -
Willey Ronald J.,
Fogler H. Scott,
Cutlip Michael B.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
process safety progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1547-5913
pISSN - 1066-8527
DOI - 10.1002/prs.10431
Subject(s) - exothermic reaction , process safety , chemical reaction engineering , tragedy (event) , chemical safety , engineering , process (computing) , chemical process , event (particle physics) , chemical reactor , chemical plant , forensic engineering , chemical engineering , computer science , chemistry , biochemical engineering , physics , thermodynamics , social science , biochemistry , operating system , quantum mechanics , sociology , catalysis
The explosion and subsequent death of four people at the T2 Laboratories, chemical facility in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, in 2007 has resulted in the United States Chemical Safety Board finding that undergraduate chemical engineering students do not receive adequate knowledge in the hazards associated with chemical processing. This article summarizes the events that led up to the T2 tragedy. A reactor engineering analysis of the event is presented that can be used in a chemical reaction engineering classroom to demonstrate the hazards involved when dealing with exothermic reactions and methods to mitigate. © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog, 2011