3rd Aberystwyth Symposium on Explosions
University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 16-19 April 2000
Monday 17 April
Prof. S. Dorofeev, Russia
Review of recent hydrogen explosion and detonation studies
G. Chamberlain, Shell Global Solutions
Effects of partial filling and poor mixing on gas explosions
R.C. Santon and D.K. Pritchard, UK HSE
The consequences of ignition in partially filled enclosures
P. Cleaver, BG Technology
Gas dispersion in congested regions
Prof. V. Molkov, University of Ulster
Universal vent sizing technique for gaseous deflagration
Dr P. Bowen, University of Wales, Cardiff
Two-phase hydrocarbon flammability and explosion hazards
Tuesday 18 April
C. O’Carroll, DERA, Farnborough
Assessment tools for predicting damage to structures from blast
G. Smart, Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool
Pulse pressure testing of 1/4 scale stainless steel blast walls and connections
M. Dorn, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd.
Prediction of the response of masonry buildings to blast
M. Goose, HSE Hazardous Installations Directorate
Current HSE projects – onshore explosion hazards and location and design of buildings
P. Renwick, HSE Hazardous Installations Directorate
Offshore hydrocarbon releases – active mitigation and survivability of offshore explosions
G. Munday
Funding Research: potential resources from requirements for technical evaluations in investigations relating to litigation
Prof A. Teodorczyk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
VEX – computer code for engineering calculations of equilibrium combustion and gas explosions in closed and vented vessels
A. McIntosh, University of Leeds
Pressure Interactions with strained premixed flames
I. Smith, AWE Aldermaston
The development of a dynamic pressure vessel design methodology for explosive containment
J. Puttock, Shell Global Solutions
Recent developments in Shell’s explosion models
Wednesday 19 April
J. Venart, University of New Brunswick, Canada
The 1974 Flixborough Cyclohexane UVCE accident: reviewed and re-analyzed
A. van den Aarssen, DSM Research, Netherlands
Flame acceleration in ammonia/hydrogen/air mixtures up to 150 bara
Prof. A Teodorczyk, Warsaw University of Technology
Large scale ethylene explosion – case study of an accident in a Polish petrochemical plant
P. Zeeuwen, Chilworth Technology Ltd.
The explosibility of flour in the milling process
Prof. D. Bull, Firebrand International Ltd.
Al + O2 = NO GO