Conference Papers
The various approaches for performing building screening to potential blast hazards as outlined in API RP 752 are presented and the advantages and disadvantages of each are discussed. The approaches range from a simplistic approach of relating damage to peak overpressure for a wide variety of building types, through discrete and continuous state damage models for specific building types, and finally detailed analysis of a building using Single-Degree-of–Freedom models. In addition to discussing the technical merits of each approach, the usefulness of each approach and how the results may be presented to the end user are discussed.
As the biofuels industry continues to expand in support of global decarbonization mandates and objectives, facility owners and developers are being challenged to balance production efficiency, operational reliability, and personnel safety.
As high hazard facilities, biofuels sites should focus on developing a fire protections strategy informed by performance-based analysis so strategies implemented meet the unique challenges found at each facility.
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