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BLEVE explosions are caused by a positive feedback loop between escaping vapor combusting and then feeding more heat back into a container, causing a further ri
by mikewarot 4y ago
BLEVE explosions are caused by a positive feedback loop between escaping vapor combusting and then feeding more heat back into a container, causing a further rise in temperature. CO2 isn't combustible, and if it were to vent, it would lower the temperature, not raise it.
- tatersolid 4y ago200MWh is equivalent to about 860kg of TNT. That’s a pretty big boom if your pressure vessel fails catastrophically, even without any combustion.