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    SPECIAL FIRE HAZARDSSPECIAL FIRE HAZARDS

    FIRE TRAININGFIRE TRAINING

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    POTENTIAL HAZARDSPOTENTIAL HAZARDS

    Loading/unloading facilities.

    Off-shore facilities.

    Storage tanks.

    Spheres & bullets.

    r!ogenic storage.

    "ipelines.

    "rocess areas.

    #arehouses.

    $lectrical installations.

    Office buildings/canteens.

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    SPECIAL FIRE HAZARDSSPECIAL FIRE HAZARDS

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    O)LO'$R & SLO"O'$R 

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    BLEVEBLEVE

    oiling Li3uid $4panding 'apour $4plosion

     A Sudden Conversion of the Liquid into Gas,

     Increases Pressure and Results in an

     Explosion

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    BLEVEBLEVE

    Conditions:

     Superheated Li3uid6 Stored above its or7al

      oiling "oint.

     +e7perature Should $4ceed its ritical +e7p.

    Li3uid 'apori8es Rapidl! Resulting in $4cessive

      "ressure uilt-up & $4plodes.

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    EFFECTS OF BLEVEEFFECTS OF BLEVE

    last :ave; due to ph!sical e4plosion and

    flash evaporation of li3uid.

    Frag7ents; ruptured parts 7a! travel to a

    distance of one kilo7eter.

    Fire ball; escaped rising gases ignites and

    te7perature 7a! be around 11

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    BLEVE OF LPG SPHEREBLEVE OF LPG SPHERE

    Out flo: of 3uantit! ; 9

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    CONSEQUENCES OF BLEVECONSEQUENCES OF BLEVE

    0a7age distance for heat radiation

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    CONSEQUENCES OF BLEVECONSEQUENCES OF BLEVE

    0a7age distance for pressure :ave

    eav! ; 2

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    UVCEUVCE

    onditions;

    Release of fla77able 7aterial

    Sufficient 7i4ing of the fla77able 7aterialin air to allo: rapid fla7e front propagation

    )gnition

    ('$ occur in the open air6 but have so7edegree of confine7ent6 :hich allo:s thefla7e front to accelerate to achievee4plosion para7eters.

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    UVCEUVCE

    !clo-he4aneAflash pt. -1=

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    A Physical Phenomenon:

     Occurs in rude Oil & Residual Oil +anks..

     oiling "oint of "roduct 1

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     0o:n:ard advance rate of heat-:ave 5

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    Heat # Wae

    Wate$ Laye$

    BOILOVERBOILOVER

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    Conditions For Boilover to ccur 

    Full Surface +ank Fire

    #ide Range of oiling "oints

    Oil $7ulsification/otto7 #ater 

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     Prevention of Boilover!

     Fire $4tinguish7ent Should be Organised at

      least #ithin 2 rs .

     +r! to Ci4 the product b! using Ci4ers.

     heck "osition of eat #aves :ith #ater Spra!

      Risk "ersist $ven ,fter Fire is $4tinguished

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     "roducts For7ing ot one

     "roducts #ith igh #ater ontents or 

      on- unifor7 La!ering eneration of Stea7 ubbles- Floating on

      Li3uid Surface

     Frothing 0ue to Foa7/ Fire #ater 

    SLOPOVERSLOPOVER

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     "heno7enon occurring in eav! Oils.

     Free oard Space of the +ank 

     Guiet-Like oiling/ Slop $4plosion

    SLOPOVERSLOPOVER

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    TEAL STORAGETEAL STORAGE

    o-catal!st of "" plant

    "!rophoric in nature

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    HYDROGEN HANDLINGHYDROGEN HANDLING

    )ncreased (se of !drogen in "rocesses

    urning enerates +re7endous eat

    urns in $4plosive Canner 

    )nvisible Fla7es

    'er! Lo: )nversion +e7peratureA-><<

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