RESEARCH ON ELECTROSTATIC HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH TANK WASHING IN VERY LARGE CRUDE CARRIERS (SUPERTANKERS)--1. INTRODUCTION AND EXPERIMENT MODELLING

To supplement the full scale trials, designed to investigate the reasons behind the explosions which occurred during tank cleaning of three supertankers, a parallel research program was started using small scale equipment. The area of concern was the incendivity of electrical discharges in a charged water aerosol and the basic processes in the charge generation mechanism when a water jet disintegrates. The justification of the scaling is based on comparison with full scale data and by maintaining a constancy of the more important parameters in the real and model tests.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Vol. 2 "Study of the Charging Mechanism During the Production of Water Aerosols" by Bassett, JD. (Same citation), pp 47-60.
• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier

  Radarweg 29
  Amsterdam,   Netherlands  1043 NX
• Authors:
  • Bright, A W
  • Hughes, J F
  • Makin, B
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 37-46
• Serial:
  • Journal of Electrostatics
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Atmosphere; Cleaning; Electrostatics; Hazards; Marine safety; Spark ignition engines; Storage tanks; Tankers
• Old TRIS Terms: Hazardous atmospheres; Tank cleaning; Tanker safety
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127437
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1975 12:00AM