Talk:1998 Esso Longford fire

message: Added this new article which was mentioned on the Australian Wikipedians' notice board. If any engineers are reading this and would like to proof read and fact check the technical section about the cause of the accident, please do!
-- Canley 05:22, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Dude, thats an awesome article, I've added a link to the Coroner's report into the explosion which is still online, but I havn't actually read the report. Agnte 09:26, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Mostly the part about how the heat exchanger operates, I was quite vague as I really didn't understand it. --Canley 23:20, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New article

message: LPG is a side product. Gas Plant One was, and is, a producer of natural gas. In 1998, Longford was essentially the only supplier of natural gas to the state of Victoria.
Although Americans use the term "gas" for what we call "petrol", both countries have a common understanding of "natural gas". Using the term "natural gas" avoids any confusion.
From the article:"The liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is further extracted by means of a shell and tube heat exchanger". Condensate and ethane were removed from the gas feed in each absorber. Condensate, as liquid, fell into the absorber's sump & exited the absorber; ethane, as gas, was absorbed into lean oil in the absorber, converting the lean oil into rich oil; the rich oil fell into a collection tray & exited the absorber. The ethane was removed from the rich oil in the ROF section  of the plant. LPG wasn't involved (LPG consists of hydrocarbons heavier than ethane, such as propane & butane).
The normal production process is seriously complicated and cannot be described in a few short paras.Klystron99 (talk) 09:22, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Needs a solid effort to produce a correct and complete (to the extent needed) of the normal production process. It is fundamental to understanding the accident. The accident was complex because the production process was complex. Klystron99 (talk) 10:23, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Gas Plant One is mainly a natural gas plant

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message: As at Aug 2023 the article is graded as Start-class & Low-importance. That's not good enough. I'd like to work to get it up to B-class & High-importance. Klystron99 (talk) 10:30, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I have done improvements and upgraded to C-class. What do you think?JudeFawley (talk) 06:32, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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