Di Benedetto A., Basco A., Cammarota F., Di Sarli V., Salzano E., Russo G., 2014, Deflagration, Detonation and Combustion-induced Rapid Phase Transition, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 36, 235-240.
The paramount of the explosion classification should take into account a new explosion mode, called combustion-induced Rapid Phase Transition (cRPT), which occurs when the water produced by a deflagration condenses at the reactor wall and starts cycles of evaporation/condensation driven by the heat transferred from the flame to the water (by radiation), eventually culminating in a severe phenomenon of rapid phase transition. Some evidences of this phenomenon are present in the literature, but they are often considered as detonation or meta-stable or thermal explosion, without further explanation. In this work, we review those literature results in the light of the novel cRPT phenomenon.
