Guidelines for evaluating the characteristics of vapor cloud explosions, flash fires, and BLEVEs.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY. : American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1994Description: xii, 387 p. : illISBN:- 081690474X
- 660.2804 21
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Phenomena: descriptions, effects, and accident scenarios. Basic concepts. Basic principles of vapor cloud explosions. Basic principles of flash fires. Basic principles of BLEVEs. Vapor cloud explosions-sample problems. Flash fires-sample problems. BLEVEs-sample problems. Appendix A. View factors for selected configurations. Appendix B. Effects of explosions on structures. Appendix C. Effects of explosions on humans. Appendix D. Tabulation of some gas properties in metric units. Appendix E. Conversion factors to si for selected quantities. Appendix F. Case study of gas explosions in a process plant using a three-dimensional computer code
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