texas plant explosion Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 03 Sep 2017 16:39:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Texas Plant’s Chemicals Exploded Due to Failed Backup Generators https://www.greenoptimistic.com/texas-plants-explosion-failed-backup-generators-20170902/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/texas-plants-explosion-failed-backup-generators-20170902/#respond Sun, 03 Sep 2017 16:39:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=64069 The Arkema Inc. chemical plant in Texas was set on fire after its organic peroxides exploded, following a power loss during the floods brought by storm Harvey. The explosion of the peroxides is attributed to its instability or degradation when not properly refrigerated, which is ultimately rooted to the plant’s failed backup generators. “The problem […]

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