The overpressure generated in a 10L cylindrical vented vessel with an L/D of 2.8 was investigated, with end ignition opposite the vent, as a function of the vent static burst pressure, P stat , from 35 to 450 mb. Three different K v (V 2/3 /A v ) of 3.6, 7.2 and 21.7 were investigated for 10% methane-air and 7.5% ethylene-air. It was shown that the dynamic burst pressure, P burst , was higher than P stat with a proportionality constant of 1.37. For 10% methaneair P burst was the controlling peak pressure for K <~8. This was contrary to the assumption that P red > P burst in the literature and in EU and US standards. For higher K v the overpressure due to flow through the vent, P fv, was the dominant overpressure and the static burst pressure was not additive to the external overpressure. Literature on the influence of P stat at low K v was shown to support the present finding and it is recommended that the influence of P stat in gas venting standards is revised.
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