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Process Techniques for Engineering High-Performance Materials
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Process Techniques for Engineering High-Performance Materials

by Tim Oberle
June 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
493 pages
15h 30m
English
CRC Press
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293Development Trials on Large-Scale Equipment
On September 9, 2010, the Pacic Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) was
performing maintenance on an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) at one
of its natural gas terminals in California. The UPS failed and power was
lost to critical control systems that governed gas distribution within the net-
work. This caused a regulator valve to open, sending a pressure spike down
a 30in. diameter pipeline. Immediately afterwards, the line burst in a resi-
dential section of San Bruno, killing 8 people and destroying 40 homes.
A subsequent National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation
indicated that the ...
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