BREND 2.0 - Fighting fires in new energy carriers on deck 2.0

• The project BREND investigated risk with alternative fuel vehicles inside ro-ro spaces. BREND 2.0 is a continuation and has in particular investigated two of the major risks identified in BREND, namely the risk of toxic gases from electric vehicle fires and the risk of a pressure vessel explosion for fire exposed biogas or hydrogen vehicle tanks. Simulations of electric vehicle fires inside a ro-ro space based on real input fire data has been performed. Field experiments that investigate the conditions that can lead to pressure vessel explosion were made with fire exposed biogas and hydrogen tanks. Recommendations are given about how ro-ro space fires in alternative fuel vehicles, or indeed any vehicle fire, can be managed.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Naturresursteknik -- Energisystem (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Environmental Engineering -- Energy Systems (hsv//eng)

Keyword

New energy carriers

alternative fuel vehicle

battery

alternatively powered vehicles

electric vehicle

pressure ship

biogas vehicle

CNG vehicle

hydrogen vehicle

fire

explosion

manual firefighting

tactics

risk

ro-ro ship

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

rap (subject category)