Scenario

01. Organizational Problems
02. Poor Management
03. Poor Maintenance
04. Compressor/Pump Failure
05. Misjudgment
06. Narrow Outlook
07. Insufficient Experience/Skills
08. Non-Regular Operation
09. Change in Operation
10. Filling LP Gas with the Pump of Tank Truck
11. Leaving Hoses as Connected
12. Regular Movement
13. Careless Movement
14. Movement of Tank Truck
15. Failure
16. Fracture/Damage
17. Chipping of Coupling
18. Secondary Damage
19. External Damage
20. Leakage
21. Fire
22. Failure
23. Degradation
24. Drop in High-temperature Strength of Horizontal Tank
25. Failure
26. Fracture/Damage
27. Burst of Horizontal Tank
28. Release of LP Gas
29. Bad Event
30. Thermo-Fluid Event
31. Thermal Phenomenon
32. Inner Pressure Drop
33. Secondary Damage
34. External Damage
35. Steam Explosion
36. Burst of Horizontal Tank

Tank Explosion at the LP Gas Filling Station
Case Details 100 Selected Cases


Field Material Science
Author AKATSUKA, Hirotaka (High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan)
KOBAYASHI, Hideo (Yokohama National University)