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Condensate Leak - Safety Moment

What happened

  • The LCV was not designed for the current flowrates, leading to vibration
  • Vibration caused a crack in the 2’’ line connected to the condensate outlet,
  • Condensate leaked out at ~8 kg/second. It took 90 minutes for flow to stop, as the leak was on the separator side of the closed ESDV.

Identified issues

  • There was a design failure
  • People had become accustomed to the vibration
  • There was a lack of specialist competence to select the right size of valve
  • There was a lack of operations input to projects on valve issues and design
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