Citation

Murty Kanury A. Fire Safety J. 1981; 3(4): 215-226.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Liquid and liquefied gas fuels will continue to play a predominant role in the energy picture of this country. Critical safety problems arise in connection with their storage and transportation. The problems become intrinsically serious in connection with military and civil aircraft operations, and accidents involving them. In an attempt to classify the varieties of fires which could arise with fuel tanks, an examination of such variables as the rupture size and location, pressure difference across the rupture, thermal properties, physicochemical properties, etc., is made to identify the circumstances when a pool fire, a flowing film fire, a falling film fire, a spray fire, and a gas fuel jet fire would evolve. Based on this framework, a review of scientific literature is made to seek an understanding of the basic heat and mass transfer phenomena involved in the associated diffusive combustion process. Areas in need of future scientific research are identified.

Keywords: Pipeline transportation