The purpose of this test was to recreate in the most reliable way possible an explosion which is classified and named in the safety and accident prevention industry as B.L.E.V.E. (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) based on a traffic incident in Bologna, Italy on August the 6th, 2018. During this accident a tanker truck filled with LPG Propane crashed into the rear end of a stationary freight truck on the motorway.
The Bologna B.L.E.V.E was caused by the LPG road fuel tanker impact and its tractor unit fuel tank rupturing thus creating a fuel leakage and a “fuel fire pool” of hundreds of litres of fuel, therefore creating the thermal radiation source, fuel fire, to create a B.L.E.V.E explosion with its LPG Propane Cargo.
This large scale, live test (21000 litres of volume) is based on the technical reports issued by the UNECE and the Italian Government of said accident and trying to replicate a similar scenario and increasing the risk factor as much as possible to prove the total efficiency and effectiveness of the use of the TK3D Safety Alloys to eradicate the risk of explosions and especially B.L.E.V.E.
This tests was verified and certified by Bureau Veritas.