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Article | REF: BE9814 V1

Safety in Cryogenics

Authors: Éric ERCOLANI, Philippe GULLY, Jean-Marc PONCET, Chantal MEURIS, Laurent MIQUET

Publication date: September 10, 2016

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2. Accidental heat inputs

2.1 Objective

After a general presentation of the systems to be protected, this section describes possible accident situations. All of them arise through a heat input in the cold parts of the system. The information needed to calculate the heat power received by the fluid is given. Heat input causes a pressure rise in parts of the system, which must therefore be protected by a safety device. The heat power supplied has to be known to determine the mass flow rate...

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