MIDDLETOWN -- Operators of the restored Kleen Energy power plant have scheduled the plant's first major pipe purging for Dec. 18 and 19, nearly 10 months after the deadly explosion ravaged the plant ...

Having been manufacturing Tube and Pipe Weld Purging Systems since 1975 Huntingdon Fusion Techniques (HFT) said it has evolved the science of Weld Purging to new levels. Along with other recently ...

A new standard devised by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) in response to the February 2010 Kleen Energy Systems power plant explosion prohibits the use of flammable gas as a cleaning ...

When welding tubes and pipes such as stainless, duplex, chrome etc., it is important to purge the internal bore with an inert gas to prevent oxidization, discoloration and to ensure a good internal ...

A state government panel appointed the day after a deadly power plant explosion wants the process of clearing debris from natural gas pipelines at such plants to be more tightly regulated. The ...

On June 28, CSB approved series of 18 urgent recommendations aimed at preventing fires and explosions caused when fuel gas is used to clean or purge gas pipes of debris, air or other substances, ...

Purging of precommissioning dry air from the Nord Stream offshore natural gas pipeline demonstrated the reliability of a simple nitrogen-slug shortening calculation model in estimating seal volume ...

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Eight days before the explosion that killed six people, contractors did a purge of gas lines at the Kleen Energy plant in Middletown that sources described as a textbook example of how to undertake ...

Advanced pipeline-pressure isolation technology allowed Shell Philippines Exploration & Production to replace an export riser shutdown valve at an offshore natural gas production platform without the ...