Explosion Hazards Associated with Spills of Large Quantities of Hazardous Materials. Phase II.

Abstract

This report documents the results of Phase II of a program aimed at quantifying the explosion hazards associated with spills of large quantities of hazardous material such as liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas. The principal results of this phase of the work are: a quantitative empirical description of the burning behavior in fuel-air mixtures, an examination of flame acceleration processes, the observation that, in 17 large scale burn tests, no transition to detonation occurred, and that methane-air mixtures cannot be detonated with moderate size solid explosive boosters. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047585

Entities

People

  • C. D. Lind
  • J. C. Whitson

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Autogas
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chlorides
  • Combustion
  • Detonations
  • Ethylene Oxide
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Films
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Ignition
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Spark Gaps
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.