Question: In a chemical plant, a cylinder containing 500 kg of methanol (alcohol) explodes and gives rise to a fireball. A worker is working 35m away from the cylinder.

a) The fireball is so sudden and shocking that the worker cannot escape to a safe place and is thus exposed to the heat of the fireball for the entire duration of the fireball. Using the fireball model, calculate the probability of the worker dying from burns?

Knowns

Vapor density of methanol = 1.1 (kg/m3)