Modeling Response of Tanks Containing Flammables to Fire Impingement

Abstract

A prediction methodology has been developed for predicting the response of a tank containing liquid flammables to a uniform external heat flux from an accidental spill fire. The thermofluid physical processes for the worst- case condition, which results in a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE), were assumed. This analysis assumes that development considers the response of the tank under thermal loading for two possible vented and unvented tank configurations. Keywords: Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) Thermal loading; Runge Kutta method; Bisectional method; Heat transfer; Thermohydraulic process; Convective boundary layer; Vaporization; circulation; Convection(Heat transfer).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA213917

Entities

People

  • C. Luehr
  • F. A. Allahdadi
  • P. C. Campbell
  • T. Morehouse

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Liquid Phases
  • Mass Transfer
  • Mechanics
  • Operating Systems
  • Physical Properties
  • Tank Cars
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.