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Oklahoma City explosion effect on the district heating & cooling system

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OSTI ID:96189
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  1. Trigen-Oklahoma Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, OK (United States)

On April 19, 1995, in Oklahoma City, a bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building. The building was served by the Trigen-Oklahoma City Energy Corporation, a district heating and cooling (DHC) company. This paper describes the effect on the system and actions taken by personnel to restore heating and cooling to other customers. Associated with the bomb blast was a failure of the main electrical bus to the DHC plant. This occurred approximately 12 1/2 hours later. The effects of this event are also described.

OSTI ID:
96189
Report Number(s):
CONF-9506165--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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