Elk Grove Village, IL Ammonia Fire

[@josephastier7421]

"Yeah I can smell it over here" >thud

[@laevulooze]

I can smell it all the way from here ăswell????? ??

[@richardselby1711]

I’m guessing here, but it looks the either a HPRV or a cracked 90 by that vessel. I’m shocked the evacuation fan’s didn’t energize and clear the room. Ammonia fires have to have a the right concentration and some type of ignition. It looks like they didn’t have any leak detection either, that fire should have never happened. I’m sure the were fined heavily for that release and the fire. Hopefully no one was injured

[@deantaylor3898]

Ammonia sensors and a scrubber system may have helped....

[@8emeletes]

I do not see when electrical system was cut-out or ventilation started. I suspect there was not any gas detection system active in this plant room. Otherwise the electrical system was cut-out and there was not spark to cause fire and explosion.

[@ammoniamannh3128]

Been in a few ammonia leaks but that one your done-get out

[@drsnepper]

No sulfur sticks? No handheld detector?

[@seanstuchbery]

nah nah nah just give her a good ol sniff that’ll do it

[@billmoran3812]

Was there any ventilation in that room? I can’t imagine that much ammonia in there and no one noticed it even outside the room. I’ve seen and been in some pretty bad leaks, but never that bad. Even with a Scott pack that would have been risky to go into.

[@allanwright5231]

Does Ammonia have a particular smell?

[@laslolopez8231]

Yo eh olido amoniaco y puedo decir según mi opinión que huele a tinte de cabello, o esos productos para cabello

[@JDT738126]

Did they say what caused that leak?

[@wolfcatsden]

www.journal-topics.com/articles/investigators-find-faulty-valve-led-to-elk-grove-plant-explosion/

[@berner]

Physics.

[@Jdalio5]

High pressure

[@user-rg1dn1ls8i]

Paçalardan içeri girdimi pipiye zarar Amonyak 😂😂

[@digoydaboy206]

failure detection system

[@hhhhyyyyy1400]

I can’t imagine what will happen if I’m trapped inside there with all the ammonia gas flying around 🤧🤧🤧🤧😵😵😵😵😵😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@kennethcarroll5420]

It’s not a good feeling, believe me. We had a contractor installing high level cut out alarms on one of our systems and one of them drilled right into a control line on a screw compressor….filled entire engine room with oil and ammonia in a matter of minutes

[@Ferdrew-rp5ey]

💀💀💀😯😮😁

[@qownson4410]

This could've been so much worse.

[@DisLoyalSoul]

First shift definitely blamed the third shift operator.

[@giordanomarinacci]

The extraction fans: On = all good Off= engine room can't be used In Italy the is a law of 1927 to rule the ammonia engine room. Ps the leak was in liquid fase