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Document ID (ISN)68730
CIS number 97-609
ISBN(s) 0-7176-1243-0
Year 1996
Convention or series no. OTI 96 641
Author(s)
Health and Safety Executive
Title Kuwait Scientific Mission - Volume 2: Technical Report, July 1992
Bibliographic information HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 6FS, United Kingdom, 1996. ix, 229p. Illus. Price: GBP 55.00.
Abstract This report presents a detailed description of measurements made of flame geometry, thermal radiation characteristics and flame temperatures of fires burning in the oil fields of Kuwait during 1991. Instrumentation and data analysis techniques are described and results are presented for seven well head jet fires.
Descriptors (primary) Kuwait; fire research; petroleum and natural gas industry; fire hazards
Descriptors (secondary) fire behaviour; description of technique; instrumentation; report
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Broad subject area(s) Fires, explosions and major hazards
Browse category(ies) Petroleum and natural gas industry
Fires