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MITIGATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS RELEASES UTILIZING A SAFETY RAILCAR
- 1. SAFETY RAILCAR • PRESENTATION TO CRUDE OIL BY RAIL SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 27-28, 2022 CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA • ROB GLEN, P ENG • T 416 356 9469 • Email - robgl2017@gmail.com • U.S. PATENT 10 016 641 (EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 2018) • CANADIAN PATENT 2 904 914 (PROVISIONAL)
- 2. SAFETY RAILCAR -MY BACKGROUND • 42 YEARS AS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER • -6 YEARS IN AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY OF MAJOR SUBASSEMBLIES OF DEHAVLLAND CANADAIR DASH 7 AND DASH 8 AIRCRAFT AS WELL AS WORLD MANDATE FOR CF-18 MILITARY AIRCRAFT RADAR RACK • -18 YEARS IN MECHANICAL DESIGN AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY ANTENNAS AND RADARS • -18 YEARS IN NUCLEAR – SYSTEMS ENGINEER ON FUEL HANDLING EQUIPMENT AT AECL AND AT CANDU NUCLEAR REACTORS AT DARLINGTON, PICKERING, AND BRUCE POWER
- 3. SAFETY RAILCAR • MITIGATION OF CRUDE OIL FIRES (AND DANGEROUS GOODS RELEASES) • MITIGATION OF TOXIC INHALATION HAZARD SPILLS (TIH) • MITIGATION OF DANAGEROUS GOODS SPILLS IN WATERWAYS • MITIGATION OF VEGETATION FIRES TRACKSIDE (LYTTON, B.C.) • SAFETY RAILCAR DETAILS • POSSIBLE ADDITION OF NON DESTRUCTIVE TEST EQUIPMENT • POSSIBLE ADDITION OF DRONES WITH CAMERAS FOR REAL TIME EVALUATION OF ACCIDENT CONDITIONS
- 4. SAFETY RAILCAR LAC MEGANTIC CRUDE OIL FIRE JULY 2013 • INSUFFICIENT HAND BRAKES SET (LACK OF PROCEDURES), DEFECTIVE LOCOMOTIVE, POOR MAINTENANCE • 74 CAR FREIGHT TRAIN CARRYING BAKKEN CRUDE DERAILLED CAUSING AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE THAT LEFT 47 DEAD AND DESTROYED HALF THE DOWNTOWN AREA • IT TOOK 18 HOURS BEFORE THE FIRST FOAM WAS APPLIED
- 5. SAFETY RAILCAR GRANITEVILLE CHLORINE GAS LEAK , S.C. , JAN 2005 • INCORRECTLY ALIGNED RAILROAD SWITCH • NINE PEOPLE KILLED AND OVER 250 PEOPLE TREATED FOR TOXIC CHLORINE EXPOSURE • THE AAR HAS ESTIMATEDPOTENTIAL LOSSES FROM SUCH A CATASTROPE TO BE AS HIGH AS $5 BILLION • CLASS I RAILROADS GENERALLY INSURE FOR ABOUT $100 MILLION AND RELY ON INSURANCE MARKETS FOR $1.0 - $1.5 BILLION IN INSURANCE COVERAGE
- 6. SAFETY RAILCAR SIGNIFICANT SPILL TO WATERWAY • USING ADSORBANT BEADS WITH WATER AND OR AIR PRESSURE TO DIRECT AT A DANGEROUS GOODS SPILL NEAR OR IN WATERWAYS • SAFETY CAR VIDEO CAMERAS AND DRONES CAN PROVIDE REAL TIME VISUAL OF DERAILMENT CONDITIONS • PIVOTING ADSORBANT SPRAY NOZZLES CAN BE REMOTELY DIRECTED TOWARD THE SPILL • FIRST RESPONDERS MAY REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT TIME TO REACH THE SCENE AND MAY BE UNABLE TO MOVE IN EQUIPMENT IN THE CASE OF REMOTE AREAS
- 7. SAFETY RAILCAR MITIGATION OF VEGETATION FIRES TRACKSIDE LYTTON B.C. JUNE 2021 • CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION • (CN FINED $16 MILLION FOR PREVIOUS FIRE SOUTH OF LYTTON JUNE 2015) • TWO CIVILIAN FATALITIES • MOST OF THE TOWN WAS DESTROYED -$150 MILLION DAMAGE • SAFETY RAILCAR WITH INFRARED DETECTORS COULD IMMEDIATELY DETECT AND SPRAY WATER ON SMALL BRUSH FIRES (AND WOODEN BRIDGE FIRES) BEFORE THEY BECOME BLAZING INFERNOS
- 9. SAFETY RAILCAR SPRAY COVERAGE
- 10. SAFETY RAILCAR CONTROL PANEL