Engineering layout of fuel tanks in a tank farm

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 568-574

  Sengupta, Angan ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Mishra, I M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Cross wind; Modified point source model; Safe separation distance; Tank farm; Wind effect

Indexed keywords

ALLIED INDUSTRIES; CROSS-WIND; ENGINEERING LAYOUT; FLAME HEIGHT; POINT SOURCES; SAFE DISTANCE; SAFE SEPARATION DISTANCE; TANK FARMS; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND VECTORS; WIND VELOCITIES;

FARMS; WIND EFFECTS;

FUEL TANKS;

EID: 79961209544     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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