Accidental risk of superheated liquids and a framework for predicting the superheat limit

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-181

  Abbasi, Tasneem ^a   Abbasi, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bleve; Equations of state; Metastable state; Superheat limit

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CONTAMINATION; COOLANTS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS CONTROL;

BOILING LIQUID EXPANDING VAPOR EXPLOSION (BLEVE); METASTABLE STATE; SUPERHEAT LIMIT TEMPERATURE (SLT);

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS; CONTAMINATION; COOLANTS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34247207054     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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