Modeling blowdown of pipelines under fire attack

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2443-2450

  Mahgerefteh, Haroun ^a   Abbasi, Muhammad Umar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loss prevention; Numerical analysis; Pressurized flow; Pressurized pipelines; Safety

Indexed keywords

FIRES; LOSS PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL STRESS;

DEPRESSURIZATION; PRESSURE STRESSES; PRESSURIZED FLOW; PRESSURIZED HYDROCARBON;

PIPELINES;

FIRES; LOSS PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPELINES; THERMAL STRESS;

EID: 34548591304     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11270     Document Type: Article

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