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Variations in Hydrocarbon Gas Concentration during Supertanker Cleaning Operations

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FOLLOWING recent serious explosions aboard very large crude carriers (VLCC), investigations into the possible causes of such accidents have been initiated in a number of countries. Initially, interest was focused on the problems of cleaning and gas freeing of cargo tanks, especially with rotating jet washing machine systems, the electrostatic hazards of which have been reported1.

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  1. Central Institute for Industrial Research, Oslo

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  2. Sig. Bergesen d.y. and Co., Oslo

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  3. The Ship Research Institute of Norway, Oslo

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BARSTAD, J., BØLER, J., HJORTELAND, Ø. et al. Variations in Hydrocarbon Gas Concentration during Supertanker Cleaning Operations. Nature 241, 196–197 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241196a0

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