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Spill containment and destruction of a reactive, volatile chemical
Author(s) -
Weirick M. L.,
Farquhar S. M.,
Chismar B. P.
Publication year - 1994
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.680130208
Subject(s) - containment (computer programming) , context (archaeology) , scope (computer science) , waste management , environmental science , engineering , forensic engineering , computer science , geology , paleontology , programming language
A risk reduction project at a small Union Carbide Corporation facility included an unusual design feature that is the main subject of this paper. The project included a concrete secondary containment pit to contain and reactively destroy spilled material. The pit was designed so that the worst‐case spill scenario of flow conditions, ambient temperature, and wind stability would not result in emissions from the pit with fenceline concentrations that exceed regulatory limits. The containment pit is not the entire risk control system, but it is the final component of a multi‐layered risk mitigation system. To place the containment pit in context, the entire scope of the episodic risk control strategy is reviewed.