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APPENDIX C: Equipment Testing
Line 405 piping and equipment were tested:
• To determine if oven-related components released natural gas into the plant.
• To identify equipment failures that may have contributed to causing the oven temperature
control problem.
Packer Engineering Technologies conducted the equipment testing on behalf of CSB. The testing began
on January 27 and concluded on April 16, 2004. Three phases of testing were conducted at Packer
Engineering facilities in Naperville, Illinois, and a fourth phase was carried out in North Hills, California,
at Moore Industries, Inc. (an oven temperature controller test facility).
All equipment that required a laboratory environment for testing was removed from the Corbin,
Kentucky, storage location and transported to Naperville. The equipment was photographed prior to
removal from the storage facility, and the loading process was videotaped. Chain-of-custody
documentation and procedures were followed. The equipment tested is being maintained in Packer
Engineering secure storage.
Photographic and video documentation was performed on all equipment and components prior to and
during testing. Protocols were developed, consistent with the following:
• NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations (2001).
• ASTM E860-97, Standard Practice for Examining and Testing Items That Are or May
Become Involved in Litigation (1997).
Sections C.1 and C.2 summarize the findings and conclusions from Packer piping and equipment testing
(Phase 1 to 3) and Crane-Powers oven temperature controller testing (phase 4).
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