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The integration of process safety into a chemical reaction engineering course: Kinetic modeling of the T2 incident†
Article first published online: 6 DEC 2010
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10431
Copyright © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
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Willey, R. J., Fogler, H. S. and Cutlip, M. B. (2011), The integration of process safety into a chemical reaction engineering course: Kinetic modeling of the T2 incident. Proc. Safety Prog., 30: 39–44. doi: 10.1002/prs.10431
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- Issue published online: 11 FEB 2011
- Article first published online: 6 DEC 2010
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Keywords:
- process safety education;
- runaway reactions;
- reactor explosions
Abstract
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