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ID (ISN) del documento57442
Número CIS 92-270
ISBN(s) 0-85-356315-2
Año 1989
Número de serie SRD R 467
Autor(es) Brighton P.W.M.
Safety and Reliability Directorate
Título Pressures produced by instantaneous chlorine releases inside buildings
Información bibliográfica United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Wigshaw Lane, Culcheth, Warrington WA3 4NE, United Kingdom, Mar. 1989. 22p. Illus. 19 ref. Price: GBP 4.00.
Resumen This report concerns the overall thermodynamics of an instantaneous release of pressurised liquid chlorine inside a building. The ranges of release sizes and of building sizes of practical interest are reviewed. Results of calculations show that over the major part of the relevant range of conditions for releases of 1-30 tonnes, a pressure change of over 0.1 atmospheres can occur, making it likely that a large proportion of the building's walls or cladding will be removed. This pressure change is a function mainly of the volume of the storage room in relation to the quantity of chlorine released and is also slightly dependent on ambient temperature.
Descriptores (primarios) cloro; emisión de gases; riesgos de explosión; gases licuificados; edificios; Reino Unido
Descriptores (secundarios) presión de explosión; informe; modelos matemáticos; nubes de vapor; ondas de choque
Tipo de documento E - Libros, informes, actas
País / Estado o ProvinciaReino Unido
Tema(s) Incendios, explosiones
Broad subject area(s) Incendios, explosiones y riesgos mayores
Navegación por categoria(s) Inorganic substances
Explosions
Natural phenomena
Halogens and their inorganic compounds