Evaluation of the Thermal Radiation Intensity During a Fire in the Oil Tank Farm Dike

Abstract Petroleum product storage facilities are explosion and fire hazard systems. The occurrence of an accident with oil spillage followed by a fire creates the danger of exposure of humans and the environment to thermal radiation. The most typical emergency is a fire of spills in the dike. This...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 666; no. 2; p. 22009
Main Author Udartseva, O V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.03.2021
Subjects
Accidents
Fire hazards
Oil spills
Oil tanks
Petroleum products
Radiant flux density
Steel structures
Storage facilities
Storage tanks
Thermal radiation
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Summary:Abstract Petroleum product storage facilities are explosion and fire hazard systems. The occurrence of an accident with oil spillage followed by a fire creates the danger of exposure of humans and the environment to thermal radiation. The most typical emergency is a fire of spills in the dike. This paper proposes a technical solution aimed at reducing the fire and explosion hazard for oil tanks. The thermal radiation intensity during a fire of spills in the dike has been calculated. The need to protect the oil storage tank farm with a fence wall with a wave deflector baffle has been proposed and mathematically justified. Along with reducing the likelihood of oil spills at the destruction of a vertical steel tank, this appliance will reduce the environmental consequences of a man-made accident.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/666/2/022009