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Performance of Tank Car Pressure Relief Devices Under Fire Conditions

Document Series:
Research Results
Author:
  • Federal Railroad Administration
Report Number
RR 20-10
Office
RDI-22
Subject:
Hazardous Materials
Keywords:
Tank cars, fire test, Pressure Relief Device, PRD, hazardous materials, HAZMAT, ethanol, water, pool fire, ASME, pressure vessels, rolling stock
Document
Performance of Tank Car PRD.pdf (681.39 KB)

Between August and October 2018, an initial series of tests with water as lading were conducted at Underwriters Laboratories (UL) in Northbrook, IL, to confirm test and instrumentation setup and baseline PRD performance. In August 2019, a subsequent series of tests using ethanol, a flammable liquid, as lading were conducted at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung [BAM]) in Germany.


Last updated: Friday, June 5, 2020