Suppression of methane explosions in a field-scale pipe

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Ye, Jingfang ^a   Chen, Zhihua ^a   Fan, Baochun ^a   Xie, Bo ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active explosion suppression; Explosion suppression; Methane; Passive explosion suppression; Suppressors; Water mist

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FOG; METHANE; MIXTURES; PIPE; QUENCHING;

ACTIVE EXPLOSIONS; FIELD-SCALE PIPES; PASSIVE EXPLOSIONS; SUPPRESSORS;

EXPLOSIONS;

EXPLOSION; PIPELINE;

EID: 16244381196     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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