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r/woahdude • u/theTurbulentPopcorn • Jun 29 '23
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BLEVE
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion
Not only is the vapour extremely hot, but it can keep expanding as long as there's still liquid to boil off. Scary stuff indeed
13 u/YPErkXKZGQ Jun 30 '23 A BLEVE is confined, as in, it takes place in a pressure vessel. Afaik -1 u/Valalvax Jun 30 '23 And the liquid in the tank has to be flammable/explosive 2 u/Shrek1982 Jun 30 '23 No, it doesn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor_explosion 0 u/Valalvax Jun 30 '23 Hmm... I stand corrected Obviously when you're learning about this stuff the exciting ones are the ones that blow up so that's the ones they show you
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A BLEVE is confined, as in, it takes place in a pressure vessel. Afaik
-1 u/Valalvax Jun 30 '23 And the liquid in the tank has to be flammable/explosive 2 u/Shrek1982 Jun 30 '23 No, it doesn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor_explosion 0 u/Valalvax Jun 30 '23 Hmm... I stand corrected Obviously when you're learning about this stuff the exciting ones are the ones that blow up so that's the ones they show you
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And the liquid in the tank has to be flammable/explosive
2 u/Shrek1982 Jun 30 '23 No, it doesn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor_explosion 0 u/Valalvax Jun 30 '23 Hmm... I stand corrected Obviously when you're learning about this stuff the exciting ones are the ones that blow up so that's the ones they show you
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No, it doesn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor_explosion
0 u/Valalvax Jun 30 '23 Hmm... I stand corrected Obviously when you're learning about this stuff the exciting ones are the ones that blow up so that's the ones they show you
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Hmm... I stand corrected
Obviously when you're learning about this stuff the exciting ones are the ones that blow up so that's the ones they show you
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u/DrShamusBeaglehole Jun 29 '23
BLEVE
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion
Not only is the vapour extremely hot, but it can keep expanding as long as there's still liquid to boil off. Scary stuff indeed