Hi guys, thanks for your comments. I'm looking at a new gas turbine facility in Australia.
The NFPA standard provides good guidance on fire protection for enclosures and gas turbines. I was more thinking about protection from catastrophic failures such as disc failures. Do designers site gas turbine facilities with any consideration to the public risk from very rare, but catastrophic failures?
Sitting on a aeroplane next to a gas turbine engine, these questions do seem a little theoretical. However, the risk is real, just the frequency is very low. My clients are still asking how we manage this risk when the gas turbine installation is in industrial areas and adjacent to major roads.
Appreciate any ideas.