Dua minggu yang lalu, sebuah kecelakaan kerja terjadi di sebuah pabrik yang memproduksi alat-alat teknolog untuk sistem keamanan di Bruhl, Jerman. Dalam kecelakaan tersebut 39 orang mengalami terluka.
Kejadian tersebut berawal dari proses pencampuran natrium hipoklorit (sodium hypochlorite) dengan asam klorida (hydrochloric acid) dan menghasilkan gas klorin (Cl2). Pada saat kejadian ada sekitar 300 orang yang [...]
Salah satu BUMN penghasil pupuk di Indonesia, PT. Pupuk Kujang di Cikampek, akan membangun pabrik pupuk urea baru, dengan kapasitas antara 900.000 sampai dengan 1.000.000 ton per tahun. Pabrik pupuk urea yang akan dibangun tersebut merupakan pabrik pengganti yang akan disiapkan untuk menggantikan pabrik pupuk Kujang 1A yang sudah berusia lebih dari 30 tahun.
Pabrik urea [...]
There are many pumps in a chemical processing plant. In the terms of energy consumption, pump is one of rotating equipment that is not treated adequately in order to minimize energy loss (electricity) in the plant.
Recently, I found some pumps in the field where I am working that operate with minimum flow along with main [...]
Solvay and Saudi Aramco plan to builds new hydrogen peroxide plant in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia Kingdom. The hydrogen peroxide plant will be in commercial operation in second half of 2015.
Hydrogen peroxide from this plant is intended to supply propylene oxide (PO) plant. Propylene oxide is used for the manufacture of propylene glycol, polyurethane [...]
Dow Chemical abides $2.5 million punishment at its Midland plant, due to violation against air, water and waste regulations between 2005 and early 2007. The violations were found by EPA inspectors.
The EPA’s inspectors also found that cracking and pitting structures that maintain hazardous materials released to the environment. Besides, it was found a failure against [...]
Formosa Plastics, a Taiwan based chemical plant, plan to build a new ethylene plant at Point Comforts, Texas , United States. The new plant requires an investment of $US1.5 billion.
The ethylene plant will be produced from ethane through catalytic converter to ethylene.
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