OTH 94 463 AN INVESTIGATION OF toy FACTORS OF RELEVANCE DURING EXPLOSION SUPPRESSION BY WATER SPRAYS Prepared by The University College of Wales for the Health and Safety Executive Offshore Technology Report . Health and Safety ExecutiveOTH 94 463 AN INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS OF RELEVANCE DURING EXPLOSION SUPPRESSION BY WATER SPRAYS Authors G O Thomas and J R Brenton Shock and Detonation Group The University College of Wales Department of Physics Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ HSE BOOKS Health and Safety Executive - Offshore Technology Report© Crown copyright 1996 Applications for reproduction should be made to HMSO First published 1996 ISBN 0-7176-1118-3 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ‘or transmitted. in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. ‘This report is published by the Health and Safety Executive as partof a series of reports of work which has been supported by funds provided by the Executive, Neither the Executive, or the contractors ‘concerned assume any liability for the report nor do they necessarily reflect the views or policy of the Executive. Results, including detailed evaluation and, where relevant, recommendations stemming from their research projects are published in the OTH series of reports. ‘Background information and dataatising from these research projects are published in the OTI series of reports.