Fire and explosion hazards during filling/emptying of tanks

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 479-483

  Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia ^a   Vílchez, Juan Antonio ^a   Casal, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Explosion; Fire; Flammable mixtures; Hazard; Tanks

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIONS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FLAME RESEARCH; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; LOADING; TANKS (CONTAINERS); UNLOADING;

FILLING/EMPTYING TANKS; FLAMMABLE MIXTURES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0039186009     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(99)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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