3. Scenario 3: BLEVE-type explosion

BLEVE (acronym for Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion) is defined as a violent, explosive vaporization resulting from the rupture of a tank containing a liquid at a temperature significantly higher than its normal boiling point at atmospheric pressure. The phenomenon of tank bursting can be broken down into several successive or simultaneous phases:

• a chemical reaction of internal combustion ;

• bursting of the tank with destruction of the wall;

• emission of projectiles;

• the propagation of a pressure wave in the environment ;

• internal heat exchange (conduction with the reservoir wall) and external heat exchange (radiation, convection).

In the case of a flammable liquid...