The runaway scenario in the assessment of thermal safety: Simple experimental access by means of the catalytic decomposition of H2O2

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-296

  Eissen, Marco ^a   Zogg, Andreas ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

10 K rule; Chemical engineering; Decomposition reaction; Demonstration; Plant chemistry; Runaway; Safety hazardous materials; Thermal analysis, Thermodynamic; Time to maximum rate; TMRad

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COOLING; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

THERMAL SAFETY;

THERMAL EFFECTS;

SAFETY;

EID: 0038713599     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(03)00022-6     Document Type: Article

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