Several methods proposed for calculating the value of the superheat limit temperature were analysed. The results obtained indicate that the procedures based on the thermodynamic stability approach introduce a significant uncertainty into the final values, depending on which equation of state is used. We propose a new approach based on the energy balance in the initial liquid mass just before the explosion. The temperature obtained using this method, Tsl-E, corresponds to the situation in which the energy transferred adiabatically between the cooling liquid and the vaporising liquid fractions is at its maximum. This leads to a minimum content of energy in the remaining liquid. Although these two approaches are equivalent-the procedures based on the thermodynamic stability approach use also the minimum energy state as a criterion-the new proposed method only uses the properties of the substance to obtain Tsl-E. Thus, Tsl-E represents the behaviour of each substance as a function of its molecular structure, while this influence is lost if a simple equation of state is used. Finally, some considerations are made on the limitations of the superheat limit temperature as a criterion for establishing whether an explosion is or is not a BLEVE.
BLEVE: a New Approach to the Superheat Limit Temperature / SALLA J., M; Demichela, Micaela; Casal, J.. - In: JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES. - ISSN 0950-4230. - 19(2006), pp. 690-700. [10.1016/j.jlp.2006.04.004]
Titolo: | BLEVE: a New Approach to the Superheat Limit Temperature | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2006 | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2006.04.004 | |
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