Quantity Of Gazoline Necessary To Produce Explosive Conditions In Sewers By G A Burrell And H T Boyd

Author : G. A. Burrell
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ISBN 13 : 9781332815173
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Quantity of Gasoline Necessary to Produce Explosive Conditions in Sewers (Classic Reprint) written by G. A. Burrell and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Quantity of Gasoline Necessary to Produce Explosive Conditions in Sewers In connection with investigations relating to safety and efficiency in the production. And utilization of petroleum and its products, the Bureau of Mines cooperated with the city of Pittsburgh, Pa., in a study of the causes of explosions in sewers and the means by which such explosions may be prevented. In this report are shown the quantities of gasoline that must be introduced into sewers in order to produce explosive mixtures of gasoline vapor and air under cer tain conditions. Many different factors govern explosibility, such as size of the sewer, velocity of the sewage, temperature of the sewer air, volatility and rate of in ow of the gasoline, so that only under identical conditions of tests would duplicate results be obtained. The results herein published have a wider interest than the title of this paper implies, as they serve to show how leakage of gasoline in tunnels and in mine rooms or entries can cause disastrous explosions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."