Boilover in liquid hydrocarbon tank fires

Boilover is a violent ejection of certain liquid hydrocarbons due to prolonged burning during a storage tank fire. It happens due to vaporization of the water sub-layer that commonly resides at the base of a storage tank, resulting in the ejection of hot fuel from the tank, enormous fire enlargement...

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Main Author: Azizul Buang
Format: Default Thesis
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Chemical engineering not elsewhere classified
Storage tank fire
Hot zone
Boilover
Liquid hydrocarbon
Time to boilover
Affected area
Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/15186
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