BLEVE - Explanation

[Berchington]

Boom bang a bang

[crudeoilsystems]

thanks for this

[imabigboy21]

This vid explains a bleve perfectly however it is a bit off in one respect. There is warning before the bleve occurs. A loud roar similar to a jet aircraft engine will be heard soon before the bleve occurs. The roar indicates a bleve is imminant, so if you here it near a burning fuel tank, RUN LIKE HELL!!!!!

[e14212]

12/27/1983, five Buffalo Fire Fighters were killed in a propane explosion that wipe out a four story warehouse, bakery, church and entire city block. Hard to believe it's been 27 years, R.I.P Hook-n-Ladder Company 5.

[spagnot]

when i saw this videos thumbnail i thought it was a clip from the simpsons

[brunovilleneuve]

@spagnot lol

[indy811]

I need this video for my propane safety classes. How do I get a copy if the video?

[jschanna]

@indy811 Download from youtube

[mikedegraz]

@jschanna video tape your computer screen...



[RegRetroNique]

San Juan Ixhuatepec de 1984, México, (RIP)

[dak280]

thank you nice 1

[beppestarnazza17]

Probably the same dynamics of the accident in Viareggio - Italy on June 29, 2009

[Bahbart]

that was an 'cold bleve', caused by the damage done to the tanks

[caccaretto]

what, COLD bleve...? c'mon does not exist such thing.... if you have liquified nitrogen contained into a vessel, if heated, a bleve is 100% possible. viareggio was an UVCE, not BLEVE because the collapse of the tank was not owed to heat, but by a concrete pole. after the rupture, the LNG spreads over the floor and then the Unconfined Vapor Cloud was ignited, becoming an Unconfined Vapour Cloud Explosion (UVCE).

[caccaretto]

not exactly...

the tanker was not hit by another tank. when the wheel broken up, the tanke went straight forward to a pole in concrete locate at each side of the rails

[jschanna]

Remember. BLEVE is initiated by sudden loss of pressure of a liquid thus pushing it above its bpt at STP. You can bleve a centri pump by dead heading it. Cold is a relative term indicating energy in the fluid. UCVE in not bleve.

[vashsunglasses]

I live in Kingman Arizona, and I've always been interested in what happened.

[impact1309]

Excellent explanation. I could understand an accident that happened in a nearby place to Mexico City on November 19 1984

[caccaretto]

this video is taken from the film done to explain what bleve stands for

[impact1309]

Yeah, I already knew it

[arboloco1]

Thank you