Fire and Explosion in Process Safety Prevention and Protection
A special issue of Fire (ISSN 2571-6255). This special issue belongs to the section "Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 11
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Interests: chemical risk management; process safety; hazard identification; big data
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Interests: process safety; machine learning; flammability; composites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fires and explosions pose substantial risks to personnel, infrastructure, and the environment within the process industries. A comprehensive understanding of the underlying physical and chemical phenomena is crucial for developing effective prevention, mitigation, and response strategies. This Special Issue invites research that advances the state of the art in fire and explosion science and preventive/protective/mitigative engineering. Contributions addressing combustion, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and process design are sought to enhance safety within process environments. Special emphasis will be on the effectiveness probability of measures given load intensity. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Combustion and explosion phenomena: flame propagation, detonation, and deflagration-to-detonation transition.
- Process safety analysis: hazard identification, consequence modeling, and risk assessment.
- Fire and explosion prevention: design for safety, inherent safety, and process intensification.
- Detection and suppression: fire detection systems, suppression technologies, and human factors in fire safety.
- Case studies: real-world examples of fire and explosion incidents and lessons learned.
We welcome original research articles, review papers, and case studies that contribute to the advancement of fire and explosion safety in process industries.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Processes.
Prof. Dr. Hans Pasman
Dr. Qingsheng Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- process safety
- accidental chemical releases
- fires
- explosions
- risk identification and management
- mechanical integrity
- emergency management
- flame propagation
- deflagration-to-detonation transition
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