An investigation of the maximum experimental safe gap anomaly
dc.contributor.author | Strehlow, Roger A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Nicholls, James Arthur | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Magison, Ernest C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Schram, Peter J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-07T17:37:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-07T17:37:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1979 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Strehlow, Roger A., Nicholls, J. Arthur, Magison, Ernest C., Schram, Peter J. (1979)."An investigation of the maximum experimental safe gap anomaly." Journal of Hazardous Materials 3(1): 1-15. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/23654> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TGF-43NWPJP-1/2/e36df90f097cf1fea89924238fd973ac | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/23654 | |
dc.description.abstract | The "safe gap" is defined as the maximum gap between two close-fitting, flat, machined metal surfaces that will just prevent an explosion within a vessel from producing a propagating combustion wave in the gases that surround the vessel. At present three distinctly different apparatuses are used throughout the world to determine experimentally the maximum safe gap for different combustible gases and vapors. Unfortunately, the maximum safe gap thus determined sometimes differs widely from vessel to vessel. This report investigates the nature of the processes by which the explosion is transmitted to the surrounding media, paying particular attention to the differences from apparatus to apparatus. It is found that the time constants associated with the combustion process and with vessel exhausting are markedly different for the different vessels and that the pressure levels developed inside a vessel during the test also vary markedly from vessel to vessel. Based on these observations, it is recommended that a more thorough theoretical and experimental investigation of the safe gap testing procedures and vessel design be made as the basis for a proper design for adequate safe gap testing of all combustible vapors and gases. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | An investigation of the maximum experimental safe gap anomaly | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Management | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Industrial and Operations Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Chemistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Biological Chemistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Economics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Business | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Honeywell, Inc., Fort Washington, PA U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., Northbrook, IL U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/23654/1/0000620.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3894(79)85001-3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Hazardous Materials | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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