Environmental Remediation of Chlorine Dioxide Explosion and Root Cause Investigation | Atlanta, GA
"Remtech was retained by a major water treatment authority to cleanup and determine the cause of a chlorine dioxide explosion which occurred at a raw water pumping station. Shock sensitive sodium chlorite burn residues remained in the building. Forty gallons of burn residues were reacted with 200 pounds of soda ash and 100 pounds of sodium metabisulfite. Heat of reaction energy was dissipated by placing 150 pounds of cubed ice in the reactors. Reactions were conducted in closed poly reactors. Off gasses were collected and passed through two gas scrubbers with a soda ash/sodium metabisulfite solution. Off gasses were monitored to ensure that no chlorine or chlorine dioxide was liberated from the reaction. The temperature of the reaction vessels was monitored to keep temperatures below 120o F. Over two (2) tons of residual sodium chlorite were reacted."
