TY - JOUR
T1 - A model structuring dust, mist, gas/vapour and hybrid explosion behavior
T2 - The chemical-engineering model
AU - Lemkowitz, Saul M.
AU - Taveau, Jérôme R.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The Chemical-Engineering model describes how the synergetic combination of chemical and engineering factors determines gas, particulate, and hybrid explosion behavior. Explosion behavior is expressed as explosion sensitivity (e.g. probability of explosion), explosion severity (e.g. adverse effects of explosion), and explosion types (deflagration or detonation). Chemical factors are ranked using NFPA methodology. Engineering includes whether explosion occurs in open or enclosed spaces, equipment shape/size, and initial T, p, and flow conditions. The model is semi-quantitative; its virtues are its unique integration of chemical and engineering factors in determining explosion risk, its didactic qualities, provision of insight, and practical utility to engineers who are not experts in combustion science.
AB - The Chemical-Engineering model describes how the synergetic combination of chemical and engineering factors determines gas, particulate, and hybrid explosion behavior. Explosion behavior is expressed as explosion sensitivity (e.g. probability of explosion), explosion severity (e.g. adverse effects of explosion), and explosion types (deflagration or detonation). Chemical factors are ranked using NFPA methodology. Engineering includes whether explosion occurs in open or enclosed spaces, equipment shape/size, and initial T, p, and flow conditions. The model is semi-quantitative; its virtues are its unique integration of chemical and engineering factors in determining explosion risk, its didactic qualities, provision of insight, and practical utility to engineers who are not experts in combustion science.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073479146&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3303/CET1977161
DO - 10.3303/CET1977161
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073479146
SN - 1974-9791
VL - 77
SP - 961
EP - 966
JO - Chemical Engineering Transactions
JF - Chemical Engineering Transactions
ER -