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boilover: a standalone construct

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boilover1 CONSTRUCTBoiloverKOSEKI · 1993

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Fire safety / combustion

A burning oil tank violently ejects fuel

In fire safety, a boilover is the sudden, violent ejection of burning fuel from a tank of crude oil or similar wide-boiling liquid: as the fuel burns at the surface a hot layer grows and travels downward until it reaches water at the tank bottom, which flashes to steam and hurls the overlying oil upward as a towering burning fountain. Koseki's 1993 Boilover and crude oil fire and later large-scale experiments characterised the growing hot zone and the delay before the event. The referent is this delayed, abrupt eruption of a storage-tank fire, a major hazard because it can happen hours into a fire and throw burning oil well beyond the tank, distinct from the gentler slopover or frothover.[1][2]

Unit
The onset time and violence of burning-fuel ejection from a tank fire
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Characterised by hot-zone growth rate, time to boilover onset, and the intensity and reach of the ejected burning fuel

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References

  1. Koseki, H. (1993). Boilover and crude oil fire. Journal of Applied Fire Science, 3(3), 243–272. https://doi.org/10.2190/kggr-r6x9-kk6l-axf3
  2. Koseki, H., Natsume, Y., Iwata, Y., Takahashi, T., & Hirano, T. (2006). Large-scale boilover experiments using crude oil. Fire Safety Journal, 41(7), 529–535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.05.008

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