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Case study: Flame arresters and exploding gasoline containers

Hasselbring, Lori C.

This paper describes the case study of a portable plastic gasoline container explosion and fire. While working at home on a science project to determine the burn rates of different types of wood fuel, a 14-year-old boy was severely burned after flames traveled back up into the portable gasoline container and exploded. A witness heard the explosion and reports that the flames went perhaps 10 ft in the air. It is shown by experimentation that a flame arrester installed in the pour opening of the portable gasoline container would have prevented an explosion inside the gasoline container.

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Case study: Flame arresters and exploding gasoline containers

Hasselbring, Lori C.

This paper describes the case study of a portable plastic gasoline container explosion and fire. While working at home on a science project to determine the burn rates of different types of wood fuel, a 14-year-old boy was severely burned after flames traveled back up into the portable gasoline container and exploded. A witness heard the explosion and reports that the flames went perhaps 10 ft in the air. It is shown by experimentation that a flame arrester installed in the pour opening of the portable gasoline container would have prevented an explosion inside the gasoline container.

Case study: Flame arresters and exploding gasoline containers

Hasselbring, Lori C.

This paper describes the case study of a portable plastic gasoline container explosion and fire. While working at home on a science project to determine the burn rates of different types of wood fuel, a 14-year-old boy was severely burned after flames traveled back up into the portable gasoline container and exploded. A witness heard the explosion and reports that the flames went perhaps 10 ft in the air. It is shown by experimentation that a flame arrester installed in the pour opening of the portable gasoline container would have prevented an explosion inside the gasoline container.

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Title:

Case study: Flame arresters and exploding gasoline containers

Contributors:

Hasselbring, Lori C. (author)

Published in:

Annual Symposium of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2004 ; 64-68

Journal of Hazardous Materials ; 130

Publication date:

2006

Size:

5 Seiten, 2 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 27 Quellen

ISSN:

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.07.040

Type of media:

Conference paper

Type of material:

Print

Language:

English

Keywords:

Flamme , Flammensicherung , Explosion , Benzin , Kanister , Feuer , Brennstoff , Holz , physikalische Eigenschaft , Sprengkraft , Fallstudie , gefährlicher Stoff , Explosionsgrenze

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