Fire tests to study the effect of pressure relief valve blowdown on the survivability of propane tanks in fires

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-236

  Birk, A Michael ^a   VanderSteen, Jonathan D J ^a   Cunningham, M H ^a   Davison, C R ^a   Mirzazadeh, I ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLAST CLEANING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HAZARDS; PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES; PROPANE; RADIATION EFFECTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

PROJECTILE HAZARDS; PROPANE TANKS; VALVE BLOWDOWN;

FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036745864     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680210308     Document Type: Article

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