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Swimming Pool Water Heater Fire

A fire originated in the equipment room of a 24-unit apartment building causing extensive fire and smoke damage to the structure and the tenants' possessions. APTECH traced the origin of the fire to a malfunctioning swimming pool water heater. The heater was disassembled in APTECH's laboratory, and a detailed inspection was performed on the burners, burner controls, and heat exchanger fire side and water side. The root cause of the heater malfunction was identified, and an article explaining how to avoid the situation was prepared for the equipment owner's group.

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.

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

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

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