Pipe and duct deflagrations associated with incinerators

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-246

  Chatrathi, Kris ^a   Going, John ^a  

^a Fike Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETONATION; DUCTS; DUST; EXPLOSIONS; FIRE HAZARDS; MATERIALS HANDLING; PIPELINES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DEFLAGRATION PROPAGATION; DETONATION TRANSITION (DDT); THERMAL OXIDIZERS;

REFUSE INCINERATORS;

EID: 0030393714     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680150411     Document Type: Article

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