Abstract—How can the risk of a BLEVE be reduced? That is the main question based on different research projects. In various large scale fire tests fire protection coating systems were used of different manufacturers. The degree of the coating as well as the layer thickness and the processing were varied. These experimental configurations were partly tested with and without pressure relief valve. The pressure relief valves were not protected again the thermal Load from the test fire. The ambition is to find a minimum of the thickness from the fire protection coating witch delay a BLEVE up to 90 minutes. Here are given the most interested configurations of tanks in fire and a description of the test-rigs.

Index Terms—BLEVE, fire protection coating, isolation, test rigs, large scale fire test

Cite: Christian Sklorz, Frank Otremba, and Christian Balke, "BLEVE Performance of Fire Protection Coating Systems on Dangerous Goods Tanks in a Test Fire," International Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 90-93, December 2013. doi: 10.12720/ijmse.1.2.90-93