单词 | bleve |
释义 | BLEVE in Chemical Engineering (blɛvi) or Boiling-Liquid Expanding-Vapor Explosion abbreviation PronunciationNote that this abbreviation is pronounced as a single word with two syllables - rememberto pronounce the last 'E' as a syllable.(Chemical Engineering: Process safety) A BLEVE is an explosion caused by a liquid which is boiling and continuing to produce a flammable vapor. If the substance is flammable, it is likely that the resulting cloud of the substancewill ignite after the BLEVE has occurred, forming a fireball and possibly a fuel-air explosion. BLEVEs, which result in very large fireballs, occur when process vessels containing flammablematerials with high vapor pressures are exposed to significant external heat. A BLEVE is an explosion caused by a liquid which is boiling and continuing to produce a flammablevapor. |
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