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The thin aluminum facing on polystyrene insulation panels in a mushroom-growing plant partially delaminated. The delaminization voids filled with water which condensed on the surfaces of the insulation panels due to the high humidity environment maintained in the plant. It was alleged that the water trapped in the delaminization voids became a source of nematodes which would subsequently leak out of the panels, contaminate the compost, and cause a drastic reduction in mushroom yield. APTECH inspected the panels and performed a heat transfer analysis of the compost tunnel and a modification of the original design of this tunnel.

Satish Almaula		Plant failure and root cause analysis; process and design engineering analysis; process technology development and testing; plant engineering, operations, maintenance and safety management; plant and process control system management.

Kimble Clark, Ph.D.		Failure analysis, heat transfer & thermodynamics, process plant equipment failures & explosions, fuel science, combustion, industrial fires and explosions.

Richard Schreiber, P.E.		Machinery and mechanical device failure analysis, mechanical testing, combustion and heat transfer, industrial fires and explosions, gas appliances.

Eric Sullivan, P.E.		Metallurgy, welding, failure analysis, fire and explosion investigations, equipment, piping.