TAIBI YOUSSEF, CHADLI MOHAMED AND ZIANE MAHFOUD
Abstract
This study aims to determine the maximum extent of pollution, caused by the leakage of Pentanefrom a storage tank within the transport and storage center (CSTF), located in HassiRââ¬â¢mel cityLaghouat province Algeria; To achieve the desired results, we relied on ALOHAî v. 5.4.7 software(Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres) for accidents simulation, and Google Earth as anoutput tool to show results on the city map. The results prove that the city of HassiRââ¬â¢Mel is almostcompletely threatened by thermal effects resulting from a BLEVE phenomenon, which can reacha distance of 2.3 kilometers.