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Source term characterization of the consequences of storage tank aggressions

4-6 June 2013 (STO-AVT-219-VKI Lecture Series)

von Karman, Institute, Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium

The objective of this lecture series is to provide an up-to-date state of the art on the characterization of the source of toxic or flammable cloud resulting from diverse types of aggression of industrial units; fire, projectiles and blast impact on atmospheric or pressurized storage tanks. The final aim is to gather the skills and to promote exchanges concerning the information drawn upon industrial accidents, the experimental methods developed, the scaling adopted and the measurement techniques applied to investigate the source term, the featuring physical parameters to be studied and finally the CFD analysis performed.

Lectures will first address individual phenomena, including experimental and modeling work, and will aim to gain a better knowledge of the state-of-the art on the following topics: Structural behavior of storage tanks, BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion), VCE (Vapor Cloud Explosion), Boil-over, Jet and pool fires, Toxic release of gases and particulate matter.

Field and small-scale experiments as well as multiphase modeling of transient flows of complex topologies will be reported.

Such a short course is a unique opportunity to bring together experts from different horizons and raise fruitful discussions. The notes will provide a good basis for specialists working in the safety analysis of industrial sites as well as stakeholders.
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SCHEDULE

Tuesday 4 June 2013

• 08:45 Registration
• 09:15 Welcome address
• 09:30 Introduction to fire, impact, explosion
  Dr. Emmanuel Lapebie, CEA Gramat, France
• 10:45 Coffee break
• 11:15 Tank damage: blast/fire effects
  Pr. Mike BIirk, Queen’s University, Canada
• 12:30 Lunch
• 14:00 Tank damage: impact effects
  Dr. Frederic Heymes, École des Mines, Albi, France
• 15:15 Coffee break
• 15:45 Recent multiphase modelling approaches to study violent events
  Pr. Richard Saurel, IUSTI, Université Aix Marseille, France
• 17:00 Reception

Wednesday 5 June 2013

• 09:00 BLEVE phenomenon
  Pr. Mike Birk
• 10:15 Coffee break
• 10:45 BLEVE: fireball, flashfire
  Pr. Valerio Cozzani, University of Bologna , Italy
• 12:00 Lunch
• 14:00 BLEVE: blast, projectiles
  Pr. Joachim Casal, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
• 15:15 Coffee break
• 15:45 Boilover: phenomenon, hazards , small and large scales
  Dr. Delphine Laboureur, von Karman Institute, Belgium

Thursday 6 June 2013

• 09:00 VCE: accident investigation
  Mr. Mike Johnson, GL Noble Denton Johnson, United Kingdom
• 10:15 Coffee break
• 10:45 VCE: experiments
  Mr. Mike Johnson
• 12:00 Lunch
• 14:00 Domino effects: fire, impact, explosion
  Pr. Joachim Casal
• 15:15 Coffee break
• 15:45 Mitigation/cost benefit
  Pr. Valerio Cozzani
• 16:30 Fire testing
  Dr. Frank Otremba, BAM, Germany
• 17:00 Conclusive remarks

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