Liquid Nitrogen Tank Explosion
Wegner said the explosion happened when a 3 inch liquid nitrogen line ruptured.
Liquid nitrogen tank explosion. The explosion in a 3 inch liquid nitrogen gas line also damaged a storage tank causing nitrogen gas to vent out of the building wegner said. It doesn t take liquid nitrogen to do this. In an incident on january 12 2006 at texas a m university the pressure relief devices of a tank of liquid nitrogen were malfunctioning and later sealed as a result of the subsequent pressure buildup the tank. The explosion in a 3 inch liquid nitrogen gas line also damaged a storage tank causing.
Why buildings fall down levy et al cites one example of a water tank head snapping through accelerating the tank until it contacted a nearby natural gas line which ruptured in turn and ended predictably.