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Offshore Explosion Module
The offshore module test rig provides a flexible explosion test facility for studying both gas accumulation and explosions in a geometry representative of a full scale offshore module. The rig is 28m long, 12m wide and 8m high.
- The walls and roof are made up of 4m by 4m panels enabling wide flexibility in the confinement configurations.
- A deluge system representative of those installed offshore enabling studies of explosion suppression by water deluge prior to ignition
- A high pressure gas supply enables dynamic releases at up to 20kg/s and 50 bar to be produced for both gas build up and explosion studies
- Internal pipework and vessels can be added or removed to provide different levels of congestion
The full scale offshore module has been used on many occaisions, including:
- Gas cloud explosions with and without water deluge (part of the SCI JIP
- Blast and fire Engineering for Topside Structures, Phase 2)
- Gas accumulation following pressurized gas releases
- Gas explosions in an offshore module following realistic releases (known as Phase3B)
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