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Fire in secondary reformer outlet line to waste heat boiler
Author(s) -
Singh Jagmohan,
Basu P.,
Rao B. M.
Publication year - 2002
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.680210306
Subject(s) - waste management , boiler (water heating) , engineering , shutdown , waste heat recovery unit , boiler blowdown , environmental science , forensic engineering , nuclear engineering , mechanical engineering , inlet , heat exchanger
Abstract This paper describes the failure of the pressure shell of an interconnecting pipe between the secondary reformer and primary waste heat boiler that led to a fire in Ammonia Unit I after 13‐and‐a‐half years of operation. The fire incident resulted at KRIBHCO in a plant shutdown of 15 days. It also describes analysis, the repair work carried out to put the plant back in service in the least possible time, and the remedial measures taken.