Document ID (ISN) | 63811 |
CIS number |
95-290 |
ISBN(s) |
0-8169-0474-X |
Year |
1994 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Center for Chemical Process Safety |
Title |
Guidelines for evaluating the characteristics of vapor cloud explosions, flash fires and BLEVEs |
Bibliographic information |
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA, 1994. xii, 387p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Index. Price: USD 150.00 (USA and Canada), USD 210.00 (elsewhere). |
Abstract |
This manual provides an overview of methods for estimating the characteristics of vapour cloud explosions, flash fires and boiling liquid expanding vapour explosions (BLEVEs). Contents: descriptions and effects of these phenomena including several case histories; basic concepts of dispersion, deflagration, ignition, blast and thermal radiation; overview of experimental and theoretical research and consequence modelling techniques with sample problems. Appendices include effects of explosions on structures and on humans and a case study of gas explosions in a process plant. |
Descriptors (primary) |
fire; chemical plant; major hazards; explosions; vapour clouds; process engineering |
Descriptors (secondary) |
fire behaviour; sources of ignition; results of explosions; accident descriptions; manuals; fire research; mathematical models; prediction; glossary; radiant heat; explosion research |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Fire and explosions
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Broad subject area(s) |
Fires, explosions and major hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Major hazards Explosions Fires
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