Scary explosion! As you may have read about it, the Bowen power plant explosion created sounds similar to those from sonic booms and earthquakes. This explosion, caused by a malfunctioning turbine at Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen near Cartersville in Bartow County, was heard and felt by residents from Cartersville to Euharlee to Taylorsville and beyond on Thursday, April 4 2013 at around 4 p.m.. The explosion injured four people and damaged Plant Bowen in Bartow County. A full investigation for determining the exact cause of the explosion is still under way. This incident presents no danger to the community and Georgia Power customers should not lose electric service. Well I really would like to know what caused this explosion.
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explosion was caused when purging hydrogen gas from unit 2 generator which was shut off for maintenance. The hydrogen must be removed for safety reasons. To do this we purge the hydrogen with carbon dioxide (add CO2 from the top and vent it from the bottom; since CO2 is heavier than hydrogen). Then after that We purge the CO2 with air (by adding the air at the bottom and venting at the top; since CO2 is heavier than air); this step is done because CO2 in large doses will cause suffocation. While they were purging they did not follow the proper procedure due to operator error AND/OR improper training… probable a combination of the two… and lack of supervision and assistance. Anyway when air and hydrogen meet it goes Caboom!
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That nuke plant is doing a great job staying out of the news. Atlanta has extra 100,000 visitors for basketball this weekend.
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