Invention and Patent on the design of the Exhaust door system for internal explosion inside a factory/shop (2009–Present)
Reports about the Spain explosion
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Description: Invented by Dr. Amin Ghafooripour; Exhaust door system for missile repair shop, fireworks factories, oil and gas storage buildings, such as airports, gas stations, or any similar cases (designed for internal explosion). (2009).
Applicable to any building that manufactures or repairs explosives, fireworks, military, oil and gas, etc. The concept saves the adjacent building in the event of an internal explosion from the flying debris.
The main goal is to eliminate the flying debris to the neighboring properties of this kind of plant.
An explosion in a firework factory in Spain was reported on March 6, 2025, published by other media:
Part of the cause of the damage and loss of life was due to the flying debris to the adjacent properties.
This invention can protect the adjacent neighbors from the flying debris. We anticipated this fact in 2009, approximately 16 years before the explosion occurred in Spain.
A new approach for designing roof systems is proposed, considering the effects of explosions in confined spaces within explosive repair/manufacturing workshops.
The behavior of an explosion in confined structures is affected by various parameters, including reflected pressure, duration of reflected pressure, gas pressure, and duration of gas pressure.
The primary purpose of these structures is to protect and ensure life safety for the other parts of the workshop during explosive repair/manufacturing workshops.
The roof of this structure should fly after an explosion to decrease the gas pressure. On the other hand, this will be a weak point during an explosion.
This system is designed to exhaust the gas from the internal explosion, without creating any flying debris.
Blast Resistant Office Building
for the Petro-Chemical / Oil and Gas plants – Galveston, Texas
(2025)
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Description: Only the initial basic design was conducted for the client based on the given blast pressure using the shipping containers.
Type of order: Basic design and estimation
Owner/Client: Confidential
Ordered by: KT Contracting and Construction LLC
Lead Engineer: Confidential
Project manager: Confidential
Architect: KT Contracting and Construction LLC
Structural/Civil Eng.: Amin Ghafooripour
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: N.I.A.
Supervision/Construction: Confidential
Contractor: Confidential
Location: Galveston, Texas
Project size: Confidential
Construction cost: N.I.A.
Engineering Software: N.A.
Date of project: 2025
Blast Resistant Office Building
for the Petro-Chemical / Oil and Gas plants – for the pressure of 1 PSI (2023)
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Description: Only the initial basic design was conducted for the client based on the given blast pressure, using the shipping containers / Connex.
Type of order: Design of the building, including the doors, windows, structure, ventilation, foundation design, etc.
Owner/Client: Confidential
Ordered by: KT Contracting and Construction LLC
Lead Engineer: Confidential
Project manager: Confidential
Architect: KT Contracting and Construction LLC
Structural/Civil Eng.: Amin Ghafooripour
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: N.I.A.
Supervision/Construction: Confidential
Contractor: Confidential
Location: USA
Project size: Confidential
Construction cost: N.I.A.
Engineering Software: N.A.
Date of project: 2023
Research project and design of the explosion-proof doors
(2007–2009)
Description: The research was conducted to design explosion-proof doors and developed for direct projectile cases.
Type of order: Design of the doors for the different levels of explosion with an indirect hit.
Owner/Client: Confidential
Ordered by: Confidential
Lead Engineer: Amin Ghafooripour
Project manager: Confidential
Architect: Amin Ghafooripour
Structural/Civil Eng.: Research assistants, master students at IAzad University
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: N.I.A.
Supervision/Construction: Confidential
Contractor: Confidential
Location: Confidential
Project size: Confidential
Construction cost: N.I.A.
Engineering Software: N.A.
Date of project: 2007–2009
The Royal Netherlands Embassy
Bullet proof COR-TEN Steel Fence Design (2007)
Certification from the Royal Netherlands ministry of foreign affairs
Description: Engineers on behalf of Dr. Ghafooripour were responsible as the local structural engineer and designed the following structures:
Fence with COR-TEN steel and bullet-proof details (confidential)
Site with emergency showers and bathrooms building
The basic design was carried out by CEPEZED co. in the Netherlands. The main feature of the project was prefabrication & modern material design. The chancery building was designed for immediate occupancy after the target earthquake in Tehran. Bullet-proof, burglar-proof, and anti-satellite-spy measures were considered.
Type of order: Structural Design – Site – Civil Design, Supervision
Owner/Client: Netherlands ministry of foreign affairs & Embassy in Tehran
Ordered by: Dr. Afshar Naderi
Lead Engineer: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Project manager: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Architect: Dr. Afshar Naderi
Structural/Civil Eng.: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour, A. M. Moghaddam, Nastaran Ashtari, Heydar Abbasi, Reza Bagheri, Fatemeh Ashtari
Sirri Island; Blast-proof buildings
Slug Catcher Gas explosion-resistant design (2004)
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The picture is from Google; the actual picture is confidential
The picture is from Google; the actual picture is confidential
Description: The oil and gas plant on Sirri Island in the Persian Gulf requested the following scope of work:
1- Blast-proof office building for the potential explosion of the natural gas 300’ long slug catcher
2- Blast-proof shop building for the potential explosion of the natural gas 300’ long slug catcher
3- All doors and windows were designed to be explosion-resistant, including glass.
4- Main gate structure
Type of order: Full scope design
Owner/Client: Petroiran Development Company
Ordered by: Amid Engineering Company, the work was conducted under the AMID Co.
Lead Engineer: Dr. Amin Ghafooripour
Project manager: Dr. Ali Akbar Aghakoochak and Dr. Golafshani
Architect: Under PETROIRAN
Structural/Civil Eng.: Amin Ghafooripour as a member of AMID
Mech. & Elec. Eng.: N.I.A.
Supervision/Construction: Under PETROIRAN
Contractor: Under PETROIRAN
Location: Persian Gulf, Sirri Island
Project size: Confidential
Construction cost: N.I.A.
Engineering Software: SAP 2000
Date of project: 2004
Razi Petrochemical Plant, Sulfur Extraction Unit
(2000)
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Description:
The oil and gas plant on the coast of the Persian Gulf requested the following scope of work:
1- Blast-proof shop building.
2- Evaluation of the foundation settlement and plan check.
