Investigations of flame front propagation between interconnected process vessels. Development of a new flame front propagation time prediction model

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 421-436

  Roser, Markus ^a   Vogl, Albrecht ^a   Radandt, Siegfried ^a   Malalasekera, Weeratunge ^b   Parkin, Rob ^b  

^a 77876   (Germany)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dust and gas explosions; Explosion disengagement; Explosion interruption; Flame front propagation; Interconnected vessels; K value; Pressure venting; Reduced explosion over pressure

Indexed keywords

DUST; FLAME RESEARCH; PRESSURE VESSELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FLAME FRONT PROPAGATION; REDUCED EXPLOSION OVER-PRESSURE;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 0032634261     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(99)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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