Todays major fire.
Discussion
Is a power station in Yorkshire.
15 Fire engines currently in attendance apparently.
Fire Service are earning their money this week!
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/31/fir...
15 Fire engines currently in attendance apparently.
Fire Service are earning their money this week!
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/31/fir...
Puggit said:
Guardian link? 
A link for hate filled right wingers: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2712083/Bl...FGD plant, main absorber unit, lot bigger than it looks in the picture. Where the flue gasses are sprayed with limestone slurry to scrub the SO2 and therefore remove Sulphur from the chimney discharge.
The limestone slurry impregnated with So2 is bubbled with air and undergoes a chemical reaction within the process and this is used to grow gypsum that is extracted then used in plasterboard etc.
The absorber is fully rubber lined and therefore always a fire risk, the unit was I believe undergoing maintenance therefore suspect hot work type control issues....... someone might be in trouble.
Not the first unit to go up in flames worldwide even think one FGD unit burnt down at Aberthaw PS, major cost and rebuld required..... out of action for a long time which will also apply to Ferrybridge!
The limestone slurry impregnated with So2 is bubbled with air and undergoes a chemical reaction within the process and this is used to grow gypsum that is extracted then used in plasterboard etc.
The absorber is fully rubber lined and therefore always a fire risk, the unit was I believe undergoing maintenance therefore suspect hot work type control issues....... someone might be in trouble.
Not the first unit to go up in flames worldwide even think one FGD unit burnt down at Aberthaw PS, major cost and rebuld required..... out of action for a long time which will also apply to Ferrybridge!
Yeah the FGD stuff is massive, just looks small next to the cooling towers and stack.
sampsan said:
The absorber is fully rubber lined and therefore always a fire risk, the unit was I believe undergoing maintenance therefore suspect hot work type control issues....... someone might be in trouble
Squeaky bum time for one of the maintenance contractors no doubt! Edited by hyperblue on Thursday 31st July 21:50
Jonny_ said:
That's the new FGD (flue gas desulphurisation) plant that's gone up.
New FGD plant you say.....I remember doing a quote for the installation of the fire sprinkler systems for that, about 20 odd years ago.... From memory it was to cover the conveyor systems.
I am sure the company I worked for the didn't get the job, erm, I think.....
Agree on that, Drax had the only operational FGD plant installed by the CEGB but others were planned.
In 1990 Ferrybridge would have actually been Powergen which at that point was a 'division' of the CEGB just prior to privatisation.
Still classed as new, design was completely redone by Lentjes or Lurgi as it was know at that point in time. ;-)
In 1990 Ferrybridge would have actually been Powergen which at that point was a 'division' of the CEGB just prior to privatisation.
Still classed as new, design was completely redone by Lentjes or Lurgi as it was know at that point in time. ;-)
Got a feeling some of these 'big' fires could cause more damage due to fire service cuts.
For instance Leicester are reducing manning to only 4 per pump. Which means the first crew on scene cant even deploy ba. So you will wait for the second crew or more realistically just risk it and go in.
With less manpower and units things will have more chance of going wrong
For instance Leicester are reducing manning to only 4 per pump. Which means the first crew on scene cant even deploy ba. So you will wait for the second crew or more realistically just risk it and go in.
With less manpower and units things will have more chance of going wrong
When I do industrial fire risk assessments, I always assume that as long as everyone is safe, the fire service will not put them selves at risk to save an asset- quite rightly so. Therefore if you cannot afford to loose the capital or capacity from that asset, then additional layers of protection or mitigation should be considered.
However, fitters with oxy-acetylene torches in a rubber lined vessel make my teeth itch!
Steve
However, fitters with oxy-acetylene torches in a rubber lined vessel make my teeth itch!
Steve
baldy1926 said:
Got a feeling some of these 'big' fires could cause more damage due to fire service cuts.
For instance Leicester are reducing manning to only 4 per pump. Which means the first crew on scene cant even deploy ba. So you will wait for the second crew or more realistically just risk it and go in.
With less manpower and units things will have more chance of going wrong
But presumably when control send out the initial attendance, they are going to know if "persons resported" and order 2 appliances accordingly?For instance Leicester are reducing manning to only 4 per pump. Which means the first crew on scene cant even deploy ba. So you will wait for the second crew or more realistically just risk it and go in.
With less manpower and units things will have more chance of going wrong
V88Dicky said:
Let's hope we don't have a particularly cold winter. Ferrybridge provides a fair percentage of our electricity needs iirc.
I'm guessing Eggborough and Drax would cope with the demand short term.This could be a 'good' thing for Eggborough actually - they've been campaigning for some time for financial help to convert to Biomass burning. With Ferrybridge possibly out of the picture for some time it's probably a good time to increase the lobbying...
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