Are micro reactors inherently safe? An investigation of gas phase explosion propagation limits on ethene mixtures

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-82

  Liebner, C ^a   Fischer, J ^b   Heinrich, S ^a   Lange, T ^c   Hieronymus, H ^a   Klemm, E ^c  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical safety; Explosion propagation limits; Investigation method; Micro reactor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SAFETY; DETONATION PROPAGATION; EXPLOSION PROPAGATION LIMITS; GASPHASE; INITIAL PRESSURE; INVESTIGATION METHOD; LOW PRESSURES; MICRO REACTOR; MICRO-SCALES; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; SAFE OPERATING CONDITIONS; SAFETY PROPERTY; STOICHIOMETRIC MIXTURES;

ETHANE; ETHYLENE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 84857923528     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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