Method and system for weakening a detonation in a container or piping system

US5905227A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• LEINEMANN GMBH & CO. KG · DE
• DLR Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Eichert · Neukirchen, DE
• Frank Heinrich · Harsefeld, DE
• Thomas Kratzel · Waiblingen, DE
• Eberhard Pantow · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 1996
• Grant date: May 18, 1999
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A62C4/02
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for weakening a detonation in a container or piping system by dividing up the starting detonation front and bringing it together in an expansion space. The detonation front is divided into a main front and a secondary front and the main front is routed into the expansion space with a longer propagation time, in such a way that when the main front enters into the expansion space, the space contains combustion gases of the secondary front.