Thermal Protection System Evaluation for Hazardous Materials Car Tanks

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Thermal Protection System Evaluation for DOT-117 Hazardous Materials Car Tanks Title from Cover
• Creators:
  Jimenez, Alejandro ; Chialvo, Sebastian
• Corporate Creators:
  Engineering Systems Inc
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fire
  • Hazards
  • Emergency management
  • Hazardous materials
  • Tank cars
  • Ethanol
  • BLEVE
  • DOT-117
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-26/11
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Contracting Officer:
  Won, Brian
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  The Federal Railroad Administration sponsored a research team from Engineering Services, Inc. to perform an analysis of the effectiveness of the thermal protection system on a DOT-117 rail car as a fire protection measure. This research was carried out between February 2022 and March 2023 at multiple ESi locations; the experimental tests were performed at ESi's Houston, Texas office. The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance of the thermal protection system in rail cars as a risk mitigation control to prevent a catastrophic thermal event. The research group also analyzed the heat transfer from a fire to rail car contents to understand the effectiveness of a potential fire response from a local fire department.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  693JJ621C000026
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92835/dot_92835_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.44 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:63d43bd1c0a4cbd374b563c4aea50a1e52f19928cb2f69fe888b1b38f24496828bbd3dd71baafaf431c4e8337d43d41332b1863b8c0c2dc2725cd8daf41eb8b8