...A. M. Birk; J. D. J. VanderSteen A series of fire tests were conducted on nine, 1.8 m 3 ( 500 US gal ) ASME code propane pressure vessels to study the significance of pressure relief valve behavior on tank survivability to fire impingement. In these tests three tanks ruptured (i.e., finite failure...

...A. M. Birk; J. D. J. VanderSteen In the summers of 2000 and 2001, a series of controlled fire tests were conducted on horizontal 1890 liter (500 US gallon) propane pressure vessels. The test vessels were instrumented with pressure transducers, liquid space, vapor space, and wall thermocouples...

... in production plants throughout the world, to protect equipment and piping systems from excessive overpressure ( 2 3 ). In the early 1900s, after experiencing considerable loss due to petroleum product storage tank fires, oil companies embarked on studies to develop engineering methods for sizing...

..., the changes in wall thickness significantly affects the fire survivability of these tanks. This paper presents both experimental and computational results that show the effect of wall thickness on tank survivability to fire impingement. The results show that for the same dank diameter, tank material...

...Narendra Are; Miles Greiner; Ahti Suo-Anttila Federal regulations (10CFR71) require radioactive material transport packages to safely withstand a 30 min fully engulfing fire. The three-dimensional Container Analysis Fire Environment ( CAFE-3D ) computer code was developed at Sandia National...

...Miles Greiner; Ahti Suo-Anttila The Isis-3D computational fluid dynamics/radiation heat transfer computer code was developed to simulate heat transfer from large fires to engulfed packages for transportation risk studies. These studies require accurate estimates of the total heat transfer...

... with the surroundings (e.g., fire exposure) and pressure relief valve (PRV) action. Since it would be desirable to minimize this stored energy to reduce hazards, a study was initiated by Transport Canada and Queen’s University to quantify the effect of various PRV parameters on the thermal energy storage of a pressure...

... on the energy accumulation in a pressure vessel exposed to fire. • Tests to quantify the effects of heat, exercising, and cycling on PRV performance. • Dynamic measurement of disc lift during venting to determine discharge coefficients, flow conditions, disk stability, and pressure-lift characteristics...