Rhone-Poulenc hydrocarbon release in Indiana
Journal Article
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· Chemical Week
OSTI ID:525863
About 5,000 lbs of mixed heavy hydrocarbon fuel was released from a storage tank late last month at Rhone-Poulenc`s sulfuric acid (H{sub 2}SO{sub 4}) regeneration plant at Hammond, IN. There were no injuries to plant employees, but area hospitals report 11 residents were treated. Operations were not affected. The company says the storage tank was overpressurized as a truck was unloading into it. The waste hydrocarbons, including heptane and chlorinated methanes, are used as supplemental fuels in the 700-million lbs/year regenerated-H{sub 2}SO{sub 4} plant. A 24-million lbs/year sulfur dioxide unit and a 60-million lbs/year sulfur trioxide unit on-site are scheduled to be shut down by mid-1998. In 1995 a broken pipe at the plant`s loading dock released sulfur trioxide (CW, Dec. 12, 1995, p. 5). Twenty people were treated for exposure, and areas of Hammond and East Chicago, IN were evacuated.
- OSTI ID:
- 525863
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Week, Journal Name: Chemical Week Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 159; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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