- Author
- Wighus, R. | Shirvill, L. C.
- Title
- Test Method for Jet Fire Exposure.
- Coporate
- SINTEF NBL-Norwegian Fire Research Laboratory, Trondheim, Norway
- Report
- STF25 A93021, April 1993, 9 p.
- Book or Conf
- Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries, 7th International Symposium. May 4-8, 1992, Taormina, Italy, 1993
- Keywords
- test methods | exposure | leakage | high pressure | offshore platforms | experiments | fire tests
- Identifiers
- onshore process plants
- Abstract
- Impinging jet fires from high pressure gas leakages represent a severe hazard on offshore platforms and in onshore process plants. The devasting results from such fires were seen in the Piper Alpha disaster. In the subsequent inquiry by Lord Cullen, the limitations of current fire test methods for passive fire protection was highlighted. One recommendation of that inquiry was that the industry should develop improved tests. This paper describes an initiative by SINTEF and Shell towards that goal.