Booming development of biofuels for transport: Is fire safety of concern?

Fire and Materials

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Marlair, Guy ^a   Rotureau, Patricia ^a   Breulet, Hervé ^b   Brohez, Sylvain ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b ISSep   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Bioethanol; Biofuels; Fire safety; Transport

Indexed keywords

BIO FUELS; FIRE RISKS; FIRE SAFETY; FUEL ETHANOLS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; RESEARCH NEEDS; SAFETY DATUM; TRANSPORT;

BIOETHANOL; ETHANOL; FIRES; FUELS; RISK ANALYSIS;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 64249172772     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.976     Document Type: Article

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