Influence of release conditions on BLEVE fireballs
Conference
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OSTI ID:404316
- Royal Military Coll. of Canada, Kingston, Ontario (Canada). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Queen`s Univ., Kingston, Ontario (Canada). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
This paper studies how the release conditions influence the fireballs generated by BLEVEs. Results show that the temperature of the liquid loading has a significant influence on the fireball. Fireballs generated from a cool lading generate the worst fire hazards at close range because they create a large ground fire, take longer to liftoff, and last longer. The data also shows that the tank failure mode favors the propagation of the cloud in a direction perpendicular to the tank axis.
- OSTI ID:
- 404316
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960706--; ISBN 0-7918-1780-6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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