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This chapter is an introductory section which gives the background for the researches in this book. Several disastrous explosion events from various types of oil and gas facilities are discussed. Vapour cloud explosion (VCE) is defined and the basic VCE mechanisms, such as cloud formation, ignition, deformation and detonation are described. In addition, facility conditions and several overpressure predication methods are briefly introduced.
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Ma, G., Huang, Y., Li, J. (2019). Introduction. In: Risk Analysis of Vapour Cloud Explosions for Oil and Gas Facilities. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7948-2_1
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