Lessons learned from recent fuel storage fires

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-172

  Mishra, Kirti Bhushan ^a   Wehrstedt, Klaus Dieter ^a   Krebs, Holger ^a  

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

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Explosion; Industrial fires; Overpressure; Safety measures; Storage units

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027935880     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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