Talk:BLEVE

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"Pronounced Blevy" - does that rhyme with Bevy? Or is it Blee-vee?

It rhymes with 'bevy'.

[edit] Texas City, TX doesn't belong in this article

The disaster in Texas City in 1947 was caused by exploding ammonium nitrate so I don't think that it should be included in this article. See Texas City Disaster for more information.

wysiwyg 21:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Someone "corrected" the date from 1978 to 1947, so yes, while the 1947 explosion was not a BLEVE, the one in 1978 was. I guess they get lots of explosions in Texas City. --Bob Mellish 08:00, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Question on the thermodynamics after initial rupture - for a non-flammable fluid (say, steam) how can the pressure *increase* over the pre-event vessel pressure. Clearly before the event, the liquid and vapor were in equilibrium; unless heat is added, then there's no additional energy available and therefore the pressure can only fall (if the fluid is supercritical, such as for supercritical cryogenics) or stay constant (as for "conventional" fluids, like water or liquified CO2). So, how can the pressure inside the vessel _increase_?

Is there a cite that clears this up? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.203.128.30 (talk) 18:15, August 23, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Steam explosion not a BLEVE

These two statemetns contradict each other: "When the liquid is water, the explosion is usually called a steam explosion.", and "A BLEVE can occur in a vessel that stores a substance that is usually a gas at atmospheric pressure but is a liquid when pressurized (for example, liquefied petroleum gas)." In my experience, the term BLEVE is restricted to the latter sentance. Fireproeng 07:09, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

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Apparently also known as Blast Leveling Everything Very Efficiently. --Kizor 15:10, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

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I've added an external link about propane BLEVE's. They are the most common pressure vessel ruptures we hear about and I felt some facts instead of videos might be appropriate. Mtt124 (talk) 03:47, 28 February 2008 (UTC)