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Many of the reactions used in the process industry are exothermic and therefore have to be cooled (vid. Table 3.1). If cooling is insufficient or even fails the reaction temperature rises. This rise can be accompanied by gas releases and the evaporation of the substances involved.
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Hauptmanns, U. (2020). Exothermic and Pressure-Generating Reactions. In: Process and Plant Safety. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61484-6_3
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