Estimating Characteristics of Industrial BLEVEs and VCEs from Observed Condensation Clouds

It is known that the passage of a shock wave in a moist atmosphere can produce a condensation cloud that is briefly visible to the human eye. Recent accidents (e.g. Toronto August 2008) involving boiling liquid expanding vapour explosions (BLEVE) and vapour cloud explosions (VCE) have shown such con...

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Main Author: Michael Birk Albrecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2016-04-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/3331