Uncertainty quantification in the health consequences of the boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion phenomenon

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-235

  Papazoglou, I A ^a   Aneziris, O N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

Author keywords

BLEVE; Chemical industry; Consequences; Individual risk; LPG; Risk assessment; Thermal dose response; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; COMBUSTION; FLAME RESEARCH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAT RADIATION; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BOILING LIQUID EXPANDING VAPOR EXPLOSION (BLEVE); THERMAL DOSE-RESPONSE;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMBUSTION; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VAPOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BURNS; EXPLOSIONS; GASES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032979321     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3894(99)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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