TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - A scheme for the classification of explosions in the chemical process industry
JO  - Journal of hazardous materials
A1  - Abbasi, Tasneem
A1  - Pasman, H. J.
A1  - Abbasi, Sakineh A.
SP  - 270
EP  - 280
VL  - 174
IS  - 1-3
N2  - All process industry accidents fall under three broad categories-fire, explosion, and toxic release. Of these fire is the most common, followed by explosions. Within these broad categories occur a large number of sub-categories, each depicting a specific sub-type of a fire/explosion/toxic release. But whereas clear and self-consistent sub-classifications exist for fires and toxic releases, the situation is not as clear vis a vis explosions. In this paper the inconsistencies and/or shortcomings associated with the classification of different types of explosions, which are seen even in otherwise highly authentic and useful reference books on process safety, are reviewed. In its context a new classification is attempted which may, hopefully, provide a frame-of-reference for the future.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0304-3894
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.09.047
ID  - ref1
ER  -