The hazards posed by large-scale pool fires in offshore platforms

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-87

  Chamberlain, G A ^a  

^a SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compartment pool fires; Offshore platform safety

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

COMBUSTION PRODUCT CONCENTRATION; DIESEL POOL FIRES; INSULATED STEEL RIG; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS;

FIRE HAZARDS;

EID: 0030144698     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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3. Also presented at IChemE conference Hazards XII - European Advances in Process Safety, UMIST, Manchester, UK. 19-21 April 1994, Symposium Series No. 134.
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