- Author
- Parker, A. J.
- Title
- Evaluation of Fire Resistant Coatings for Offshore Applications.
- Coporate
- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
- Book or Conf
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers and University of British Columbia. Applications of Fire Dynamics: Technical Symposium. Final Program. Proceedings. July 10-11, 1995, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1-7 p., 1995
- Keywords
- offshore platforms | evaluation | fire resistant coatings | fire tests | heat flux | equations
- Identifiers
- Interim Jet Fire Test Standard; peak jet fire heat flux environment (kW/m²); exploded instrumentation layout for tubular sections; heat flux values on front face
- Abstract
- On July 6, 1988, the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster occurred resulting in the deaths of 165 persons and an estimated loss of revenue in excess of $1 billion. In the subsequent inquiry by Lord Cullen, the need to determine whether the current fire protective coatings available would be capable of withstanding a jet fire event was highlighted. To address this, in May 1989, the Shell Offshore Flame Impingement Protection Programme, SOFIPP, was initiated. The response of full-size unprotected and passively fire protected, structural steel members to impingement by a representative, large jet flame for one hour was determined. Tubular and I-beam sectons were tested, resulting in total incident heat fluxes up to 300 kW/m², with substantial convective and radiative components, high gas velocities, and fire environment temperatures.