Deflagration, detonation and combustion-induced rapid phase transition

The paramount of the explosion classification should take into account a new explosion mode, called combustion-induced Rapid Phase Transition (cRPT), which occurs when the water produced by a deflagration condenses at the reactor wall and starts cycles of evaporation/condensation driven by the heat transferred from the flame to the water (by radiation), eventually culminating in a severe phenomenon of rapid phase transition. Some evidences of this phenomenon are present in the literature, but they are often considered as detonation or meta-stable or thermal explosion, without further explanation. In this work, we review those literature results in the light of the novel cRPT phenomenon.

The paramount of the explosion classification should take into account a new explosion mode, called combustion-induced Rapid Phase Transition (cRPT), which occurs when the water produced by a deflagration condenses at the reactor wall and starts cycles of evaporation/condensation driven by the heat transferred from the flame to the water (by radiation), eventually culminating in a severe phenomenon of rapid phase transition. Some evidences of this phenomenon are present in the literature, but they are often considered as detonation or meta-stable or thermal explosion, without further explanation. In this work, we review those literature results in the light of the novel cRPT phenomenon. © Copyright 2014, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.