Emergency relief system design: In case of fire, break assumptions

Chemical Engineering

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 34-40

  Das, Dilip K ^a,b  

^a BAYER CROPSCIENCE   (United States)

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY RELIEF SYSTEM (ERS); FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS CODE; HYDROCARBON FUELS; NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA);

FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; HYDROCARBONS; INSULATION; PRESSURE VESSELS; THERMAL LOAD; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VENTILATION;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 22744446875     PISSN: 00092460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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