Clean air program: Summary assessment of the safety, health, environmental and system risks of alternative fuel. Final report
This report is a handbook of safety, health, and the environmental issues of the production, bulk transport, and bulk storage of alternative fuels with emphasis on transport and storage. Material in the handbook is organized by fuel and by the following topics: (1) general properties of the fuel that effects fire hazards, (2) potential fire hazards during bulk transport, (3) potential fire hazards during unloading to bulk storage, (4) potential fire hazards during fleet storage, (5) other safety hazards, particularly, high pressure and low (cryogenic) temperatures, (6) toxicity of the fuel, and (7) environmental effects of spills onto land or water. Specific properties of the alternative fuels examined include: (1) flash point temperture, (2) range of flammability limits, (3) autoignition temperture, (4) flame temperature, luminosity, and thermal radiation, (5) electrical conductivity, (6) storage temperature and pressure, (7) toxicity of the fuel based on inhalation, skin contact, and ingestion, (8) compatibility (i.e. corrosivity) with other materials, and (9) time or ageing effects. The consequence or potential damage from fire of explosion are given. The hazards of the fuels discussed in the handbook are, in some cases, compared to the reference fuels of gasoline or diesel fuel.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Transportation, Cambridge, MA (United States). John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
- OSTI ID:
- 137205
- Report Number(s):
- PB-95-271326/XAB; DOT-VNTSC-FTA-95-5; CNN: Contract U5022/TT422; TRN: 53032369
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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