%0 Journal Article
%T Explosions Near the Surface of Organic Liquids
%J Process safety and environmental protection
%D 2005
%A Dengel, J.
%A Wendler, R.
%A Denzer, W.
%A Buchholz, J.
%A Beckmann-Kluge, M.
%A Steinbach, J.
%A Plewinsky, B.
%A Hieronymus, H.
%V 83
%N 5
%P 452-458
%X This work presents experimental investigations of the explosion behaviour of diethylketone and methanol with pure oxygen and oxygen/nitrogen mixtures. The experimental setup consists of a tube with a length of 2000 mm, an inner diameter of 50 mm and an observation unit. Besides pressure recordings, characteristics for heterogeneous detonations and deflagrations were observed by high-speed photography. Different regimes of the explosion behaviour were determined as a function of the initial pressure and of the content of oxygen in the gas phase. Furthermore, the experiments showed that the formation of droplets is a necessary condition for the formation of detonations near the surface of organic liquids.<p />
%G 
%I Hemisphere Publishing
%@ 0957-5820
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1205/psep.04199