Is there a Danger of Explosion at a Concord Blue plant?
When inflammable and explosive gases are handled in a plant, particularly hydrogen, danger of explosion exists in general. With the Concord Blue , however, this danger is rather small in comparison with other gasification plants: The Concord Blue will be implemented always as an open air plant; The Concord Blue wall is formed by a light and air permeable, blue and rather thin sheet material e.g. perforated steel plate or fabric. On the top, the Concord Blue system is completely open to the air. This design philosophy makes the Concord Blue process work like a chimney. Permanent draught prevents ignitable gas or dust/air mixtures to be formed or collected. As soon as the Concord Blue plant is in operation and the reaction vessels get slightly warmer at their exterior shell, this draught motion is started and maintained as long as the process is running. It is self-evident that near the plant as a permanently technically sealed plant, accumulations of ignitable mixtures should not occur
