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CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY
mahfud@chem-eng.its.ac.id
Mata Kuliah : KESELAMATAN PABRIK KIMIA /TK141283
Kredit : 2 sks
Semester :8
Physical Operation
Raw materials ------------------------- Products
Chemical Conversion
(low value) (high value)
Strategy of considerations
1. Technical feasibility
2. Economical feasibility
Chemical Engineering - Working with the World
Process
Product
Consumer
Automotive
Biotech
Environmental
PRODUCTS Consumer
Foods
ICT
Household Goods
This refinery, which first began operating in 1964, was processing 1.7 million tonnes of crude oil a year. Its LPG storage zone
contained 12,850 m³ (theoretical capacity: 13,100 m³) of pressurised hydrocarbons in 10 propane or butane spherical tanks,
placed as close as 22.5 m from the A7 motorway. A technician’s assistant was extracting a sample while bleeding one of the
1,200-m³ capacity propane spheres filled to 60%. After several incidents, a strictly-controlled operating procedure had been
devised to bleed the spheres (calling for opening the upper valve, then gradually the lower valve without ever opening it
entirely). At 6:40 am, the assistant performed these steps in the wrong order, causing the valves to freeze and become locked.
A propane leak formed an inflammable cloud that slowly drifted over the motorway. Vehicles drove through the cloud without
consequence. But at 7:15 am, a car stopped 100 m from the point of the leak on the CD4 frontage road, led to the cloud’s
ignition; the driver sustained severe burns and subsequently died. An intense blowpipe flame appeared beneath the sphere 1
min later. First responders from the refinery as well as the Vienne and Lyon municipal services arrived on the scene between 7
and 8:30 am; they tried to cool the adjoining spheres and extinguish the giant flare that had grown even larger once the safety
valves on top of the sphere had been opened. The sphere suddenly exploded around 8:45 am (1st BLEVE explosion), causing
13 fatalities. The fireball rose 400 m high and reached 250 m in diameter. An adjacent propane sphere then exploded at 9:40
am (2nd BLEVE), this time resulting in no victims. The human toll was heavy: 18 deaths, including 11 fire-fighters and 84
injured among the 158 present onsite. Property damage was extensive: ignition of neighbouring tanks and the opening of
several storage spheres; projectiles blasted by the two BLEVE recovered more than 700 m away, one weighing 48 tonnes
found at 325 m; an immense crater where the 2 spheres once stood; 8,000 m³ (1,500 tonnes) of petroleum products destroyed.
The blast from the explosion could be observed as far as Vienne (16 km to the south), and 1,475 dwellings were damaged.
Criminal charges were brought against both the technician’s assistant and the safety officer for noncompliance with operating
instructions. The Site Director was also indicted. On the civil side of the suit, damages and interest were awarded. This disaster
set the stage for major reforms in regulations and in the administrative agency assigned oversight of classified facilities..
FLIXBOROUGH, 01.06.1974, ENGLAND
19 F.Eff
MEXICO CITY, 19.11.1984, MEXICO
Bencana San Juanico adalah
bencana industri disebabkan oleh
serangkaian ledakan besar pada
gas petroleum cair (LPG) tangki
Pabrik di San Juanico, Meksiko (di
luar Mexico City, Meksiko) pada
tanggal 19 November 1984.
Cl O Cl
PASADENA, 23.10.1989, USA
Bencana Phillips mengacu
pada serangkaian ledakan
dan kebakaran yang
menghancurkan pada 23
Oktober 1989 di dekat
Houston Ship Channel di
Pasadena, Texas, USA.
Ledakan awal tercatat 3,5
pada Skala Richter, dan
kebakaran itu terjadi
kurang dari 10 jam, 23
karyawan tewas dan 314
terluka.
Kecelakaan Luar Negeri
INSIDEN KERUGIAN
1. FLIXBOROUGH, UK - 1974 KEMATIAN : 28 ORANG (HARI LIBUR)
LEDAKAN AWAN UAP CYCLOHEXANE KERUSAKAN : US$ 232 JUTA
Fire
Other
36% 31%
Explosions
3%
30 % Vapor cloud
explosions
40
35 Mechanical
Accidents (%)
Operator error
30 Unknown
25 Process upsets
22
20 Natural hazards
Design
15 12 11 Sabotage
10
5 5
5
1
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