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Document ID (ISN)60528
CIS number 93-1317
ISSN - Serial title 0009-286X - Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik
Year 1992
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Broeckmann B., Schecker H.G.
Title "Boil over" in burning mineral oil tanks
Original title "Boil over" in brennenden Mineralöltanks [in German]
Bibliographic information Mar. 1992, Vol.64, No.3, p.271-273. Illus. 4 ref.
Abstract In a burning mineral oil storage tank boil over is caused by evaporation of mineral oil components, such as water, with low boiling point. The arising water vapour causes the eruption of burning fuel droplets to great distances. The mechanisms leading to a boil over were studied with crude oil, gas oil and solvent naphtha in cylindrical tanks with a diameter of 1m and heights of 0.3 and 0.5m. Methods for preventing a boil over were derived from the results. These methods include: cooling of the tank walls, alteration of fuel viscosity and, in fuels such as solvent naphtha, the substitution of water by methanol or ethanol.
Descriptors (primary) solvent naphtha; flame spread; mineral oils; fire research; gas oil; fire protection; experimental determination; liquid fires
Descriptors (secondary) fire; storage tanks; fuel tanks
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s) Fires, explosions and major hazards
Browse category(ies) Fires