Fire Protection for Hazardous Materials Pressure Vessels

易燃易爆物品的爆炸通常涉及巨大的火球、爆炸冲击波和爆炸弹丸。这些危险可以摧毁建筑物，并导致数百米以外的人死亡。在过去的20年里，由于少数学术、政府和工业研究人员的集中研究，我们对BLEVE及其相关危险的了解有了很大提高。然而，仍有许多东西需要学习。当前研究的一个主要主题是找到具有成本效益的方法，在发生事故时阻止或推迟BLEVEs的发生。

BLEVEs of flammable commodities usually involve huge fireballs, explosion blast waves and projectiles. These hazards can destroy buildings and kill people over distances of hundreds of meters.  Our understanding of BLEVEs and their associated hazards has improved greatly over the last two decades due to focused research by a small number of academic, government and industrial researchers. However, there is still much to be learned. A major theme of current research is to find cost effective ways of stopping or delaying BLEVEs from happening when there is an accident.