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Fire and explosion hazards associated with storage and transportation of flammable materials have been a matter of great interest in the recent times. There are numerous studies on pool fires, BLEVEs and fireballs of hydrocarbon fuels, whereas BLEVEs and fireballs of organic peroxides (OP) are not investigated in detail yet. Fireball is a scenario that can occur when an OP filled drum is subjected to a surrounding fire. This presentation tries to extend the first investigations of OP BLEVEs presented on IGUS EOS Meeting 2015 in Ottawa. The following aspects are shown: Experimental investigation of a fired drum filled with 200 L DTBP; analyses of flame characteristics, e.g. temperatures, mass burning rates, SEP, thermal radiation properties and an overall comparison with DTBP pool fires; presentation of recommended safety distances.
Predictive Methods for Determining the Thermal Decomposition Properties of Hazardous Substances
(2019)
Due to the fast development and availability of computers, predictive approaches are increasingly used in the evaluation process of hazardous substances complementary to experiments. Their use was recommended as alternative to experimental testing by the REACH regulation to complete the lack of knowledge on properties for existing substances that must be registered before 2018 (upon quantities). Among the proposed predictive approaches, Quantitative Structure Property Relationships (QSPR) are powerful methods to predict macroscopic properties from the only molecular structure of substances.
In that context, the HAZPRED project (2015-2018, founded by the SAF€RA consortium) aims to develop theoretical models (e.g. QSPR) and small-scale tests to predict complex physico-chemical properties (e.g. thermal stability, explosivity) of hazardous substances to complete the lack of knowledge on these hazardous substances quickly or to understand their decomposition behaviour better.
In particular, this contribution will present the work done in this project on the physical hazards of organic peroxides and self-reactive substances: gathering of existing experimental data, new experimental campaigns, review of existing models and proposition of new estimation methods.
Organic peroxide and self-reactive are classified into seven types according to their hazards. In order to determine the substance type, it is necessary to determine the properties based on test methods. The types range from type A, which is not accepted for transport in the packing in which it is tested, to type G, which is exempted from the provisions for organic peroxides or self-reactive substances.