Characteristics of the vapor cloud explosion incident at the IOC terminal in Jaipur, 29th october 2009

Global Congress on Process Safety 2012 - Topical Conference at the 2012 AIChE Spring Meeting and 8th Global Congress on Process Safety

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 2038-2053

  Johnson, D Michael ^a  

^a GL Noble Denton   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detonation; Gasoline; Jaipur; Vapor cloud explosion

Indexed keywords

DEFLAGRATION TO DETONATION TRANSITION; FORENSIC EVIDENCE; INDIAN OIL CORPORATIONS; JAIPUR; MOST LIKELY; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; VAPOR CLOUD; VAPOR CLOUD EXPLOSIONS;

COMBUSTION; DETONATION; EXPLOSIONS; GASOLINE;

VAPORS;

EID: 84875679135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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