TY - CONF A1 - Sklorz, Christian T1 - Fire protection systems for above ground storage tanks N2 - Liquefied propane gas (LPG) tanks in a fully engulfing accidental fire experience a fast increase in internal pressure. The result is often a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) that can result in a large fireball and flying debris over a radius of more than 100 meters. In the last 30 years BAM has carried out more than 30 real scale fire tests on propane storage vessels across three test sites. The primary research goal was to identify systems that can delay or prevent a BLEVE. Early studies started with water deluge systems, and have since moved on to consider alternative protection systems. It has been shown that an unprotected vessel fails within 10 minutes or less. Tests with different oil and propane fueled fires have given an overview on possible real accidents involving full-engulfing scenarios. LPG tanks of various sizes (2.7 m³, 3.6 m³, 4.8 m³, 6.7 m³) were used with different filling levels. Numerous protection systems, ranging from active systems like water systems to passive thick- and thin-film layers. Also, the degree of thickness of these layers was variated. Pressure relief valves (PRV) have also been investigated, both alone and in combination with protection systems. This paper gives an overview of the work performed by BAM in the field of BLEVE prevention of protecting system since the last 30 years. It has been shown that e.g. with a full applied coating degree on the tank with and without PRV can be reached an exposition in a test fire scenario a duration of more than 60min. For partly coated tanks with and without PRV the duration time is like an unprotected vessel. Furthermore, it could be shown that the active water system also protects with technically correct design. T2 - Loss Prevention 2019 CY - Delft, The Netherlands DA - 16.06.2019 KW - Fire protection systems KW - Popane storage tanks PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49022 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sklorz, Christian A1 - Otremba, Frank T1 - Simulation eines Poolfeuers im 1m³ Ofen N2 - Zur Charakterisierung von Brandschutzbeschichtungssystemen für Gas- Lagertanks ist ein Großbrandversuch erforderlich. Zur Ermittlung der produktspezifischen Beschichtungsdicke sind Plattenbrandversuche notwendig. Für Brandprüfungen existieren verschiedene Brandkurven (z.B. ETK, Hydrocarbonkurve, Schwelbrandkurve, BAM-Kurve) um Prüfmuster je nach Anwendungsfall zu zertifizieren. Diese Brandkurven unterscheiden sich hinsichtlich des Temperaturgradienten. Zur Gewährleistung der Übertragbarkeit der BAM-Prüföfen (Kleinprüfstand DIN 4102-8 (Klep) und 1-m³ Ofen) auf die NORM ISO 21843 (2018-09) ist es erforderlich einen Wärmeintrag von 90 – 120 kW/m² in das Prüfmuster zu garantieren. T2 - TF-IF CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 16.09.2019 KW - Brandversuch KW - Fire testing KW - Ofen PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49250 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -