The Cause Analysis of a Liquid CO2 Tank Explosion on a Ship

摘要：

The explosion of liquid carbon dioxide tanks are extremely rare in the world, this article describes the 125 m3 liquid carbon dioxide tank explosion that happened on a ship. This paper gives a comprehensive analysis and calculation on the explosion energy and hazard radius as well as the causes of the accident, with the explosion energy being converted to TNT equivalents. Tank explosion radiuses leading to death, serious injury and different degrees of destructions are also obtained via theoretic calculation. According to the calculation, this article points out that the direct cause of explosion is that the designer confuses the concept of Low-temperature vessels with the concept of Low-temperature and Low-vessels Low Stress vessels. The reasons of the tank explosion accident are not only the mistaken design but also the operating violation. Finally the article also makes a reflection from four different perspectives.

关键词： Liquid CO2 Tank Explosion Analysis

作者: Wenwei LI Gang DI Ruixin WANG

作者单位: Hangzhou Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, Zhejiang Hangzhou, China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 11th IUMRS International Conference in Asia(第十一届国际材联亚洲材料大会 IUMRS-ICA 2010)

会议地点: 青岛

会议语种:英文

页码: 461-467

在线出版日期: 2010-09-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）