Title :
HAZARDS and Prevention of BLEVE
Author :
Xian, Tan ; Fang, Li
Author_Institution :
Hubei Inst. for Nat., Enshi, China
Abstract :
Liquefied-pressure gases (LPG) are transported and stored in the liquid phase in close tanks undersufficiently high pressure. In the case of an accident, an abrupt tank unsealing may release enormous quantity of evaporating gas and energy that has a destructive effect on the tank and its surroundings. In this paper, the mechanism, conditions, characteristics and damage involved in BLEVE accident happening in LPG tank locations are analyzed, suggesting a mathematical model and solution to simulate the situation and estimate the severity and damaging scope.
Keywords :
accident prevention; hazards; mathematical analysis; petroleum; BLEVE accident; BLEVE prevention; LPG tank; boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion; evaporating gas; hazards; liquefied-pressure gases; mathematical model; Accidents; Estimation; Explosions; Fires; Heating; Materials; Blast pressure; Fireball; Hazards Materials;
Conference_Titel :
Innovations in Bio-inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA), 2011 Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1219-7
DOI :
10.1109/IBICA.2011.68
