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A molten salt tank exploded while being brought on-line from cold conditions. Three people were killed and extensive structural damage to the facility resulted. APTECH was asked to assess alternate theories for the root cause of the explosion, including both local and global overheating of the salt bath. Our investigation included an analysis of the radiation and convection heat transfer in the furnace and salt bath and an analysis of various chemical reactions in the salt bath proposed as the root cause of the final detonation.

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.

Steven Kohan, Ph.D.		Chemical engineering, refinery processes, toxic fume generation.