Experimental study of cook-off performance of fuel tanks

Yao Jian; Wang Haiyang; Wang Cuihua; Wang Yongxu; Zhu Xiangdong; Li Bin

doi:10.11883/1001-1455(2017)04-0779-06

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Yao Jian, Wang Haiyang, Wang Cuihua, Wang Yongxu, Zhu Xiangdong, Li Bin. Experimental study of cook-off performance of fuel tanks[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2017, 37(4): 779-784. doi: 10.11883/1001-1455(2017)04-0779-06

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Yao Jian, Wang Haiyang, Wang Cuihua, Wang Yongxu, Zhu Xiangdong, Li Bin. Experimental study of cook-off performance of fuel tanks[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2017, 37(4): 779-784. doi: 10.11883/1001-1455(2017)04-0779-06

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Experimental study of cook-off performance of fuel tanks

doi: 10.11883/1001-1455(2017)04-0779-06

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School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu, China
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Shandong Cheng-tai Security Technology Consulting Company, Ltd., Jinan 250013, Shandong, China
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Oil Research Institute, The General Logistics Department ofChina People´s Liberation Army, Beijing 102300, China

Received Date: 2015-12-03
Rev Recd Date: 2016-04-05
Publish Date: 2017-07-25

Abstract

Abstract

Vehicles are apt to catch fire easily in high-temperature weather or in traffic accidents. When their fuel tanks cook off, an explosion may occur, thereby posing a hazard to personal safety. To investigate the cook-off performance of fuel tanks, we conducted 4 tests on 76L fuel tanks under different airtight conditions and infillings, and obtained the surface and internal temperatures and the size of the fireballs using an infrared thermal imager, thermocouples and a camera. The experimental results show that the explosion may occur when the fuel outlets are closed and the fuel tank is not filled with explosion suppression balls. In our experiments, the highest surface temperature of the explosion fireball was above 1800K, and the volume of the fireball was 1600 times more than that of the fuel tank. The explosion suppression balls filled in the tanks decreased the highest surface temperature and sizes of the jet fire. Under the same conditions, the average heating rate and the highest temperature of the diesel fuel vapor were 36.0% and 16.2% lower than that of the gasoline vapor respectively.
- fuel tanks,
- cook-off,
- explosion,
- explosion suppression materials

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