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The document provides instructions for Assignment 3 on fire and explosion. It contains two problems to solve. The first problem involves determining the flammability of a toluene-air mixture, calculating the lower flammability limit of toluene, estimating the TNT equivalency if a toluene storage tank explodes, and suggesting ways to minimize fire and explosion risks. The second problem involves calculating potential deaths from an ethylene oxide tank leak, determining a safe distance between the tank and a control room in the event of an explosion, and estimating the number of workers who could suffer eardrum ruptures. A list of student groups is also provided.

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Fire Explosion

The document provides instructions for Assignment 3 on fire and explosion. It contains two problems to solve. The first problem involves determining the flammability of a toluene-air mixture, calculating the lower flammability limit of toluene, estimating the TNT equivalency if a toluene storage tank explodes, and suggesting ways to minimize fire and explosion risks. The second problem involves calculating potential deaths from an ethylene oxide tank leak, determining a safe distance between the tank and a control room in the event of an explosion, and estimating the number of workers who could suffer eardrum ruptures. A list of student groups is also provided.

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Assignment 3 : Fire & Explosion

Instructions: Solve the following problems. Any of the group members will be asked to present the answer
(using Power Point slides) to the whole section.

1. Hydrocarbon compounds such as toluene is a flammable liquid and is a fire hazard during a purging process
to empty a vessel from its vapour. As a chemical engineer your tasks are:
a. Determine whether a mixture of 10% toluene in air is flammable or not and give your reasons.
[Ans : Inflammable]
b. Use equation 6-15 to determine the LOC for toluene and compare this value with Table 6-3. Discuss
why the values are different?
c. If a 10000 kg toluene storage tank explodes, determine the TNT equivalency? Assuming a 5% of
explosion efficiencies. [Ans : 4448kg TNT]
d. Suggest at least 2 ways to minimize the risk of fire explosion for the toluene storage system.

2. Your plant site is planning to install a pressure vessel containing a total of 500 kg of ethylene oxide. Your
boss, however, is concerned about the tank leakage and tank rupture and the possibility of a vapor cloud
explosion of all the ethylene oxide. Thus, you as a new engineer have been assigned a task to:

a) Determine the expected number of death to 200 workers in the case if the tank leaked and releasing the
ethylene with concentration of 11000 mg/m3 for 4 hours. [Ans : 152 deaths]
b) Determine the distance between the ethylene oxide tank and the control room to ensure that the control
room will receive only limited minor structural damage if any explosion occurred. Assume an explosion
efficiency of 3%. [Ans : 222.5 meters]
c) Estimate the number of workers that will suffer from eardrum ruptures if the explosion occurred.

Note: The working area conditions are assumed at 25C and 1 atm. The plant has 200 employees.

Group List:

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

NUR AMALINA BINTI MOHD NOR

Group 4

KHAIRUL ANWAR BIN ABD HAMID

NURUL ILYANI BINTI ABDUL AZIZ

MUHAMMAD RIDZUAN BIN AB RAHMAN

SITI AMIRAH BINTI RASHID

NORAFZAN BIN HAMIN

MUHAMMAD ILYAS BIN ZAINAL

Group 5

MUHAMMAD NOOR FAIZ BIN ISMAIL

MUHAMMAD IZZAT BIN OTHMAN

MUHAMMAD SABHI RAJAIE BIN MD SUKERI

TAN KAH SIN

MUHAMMAD ZARIF BIN ABD WAHAB

'AINUN SAILAH BINTI SIHAR

Group 6

SAFWANAH BINTI SALLEH

FATIN KHAIRUNNISA BINTI KAMALLUDIN

MUHAMMAD ZA'IM BIN MOHD ZIN

NURUL ZAMANI BINTI MOHAMMAD SABRI

NURUL SHANIZA BINTI ZAILANI

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