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LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PLUME INTERACTION WITH STORAGE TANKS.

Author(s) : KOTHARI K. M., MERONEY R. N.

Type of article: Article

Summary

EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED TO DISCOVER THE EFFECT OF OBSTACLES IN THE PATH OF A LNG PLUME ESCAPING FROM AN IN-STALLATION RUPTURE. THE EXPERIMENTS WERE SMALL SCALE SIMULATIONS IN A WIND TUNNEL AND USED ARGON TO SIMULATE LNG OR AN ETHANE, CARBON DIOXIDE, NITROGEN MIXTURE TO SIMULATE A NEUTRAL DENSITY GAS. THE ASSUMPTION WAS THAT SUCH A LEAK WITH ITS RESULTANT LOW LEVEL FLAMMABLE VAPOUR SPILL WAS A FIRE HAZARD. THE TESTS SHOWED THAT THE TURBULENCE PRODUCED BY OBSTACLES SUCH AS A SINGLE STORAGE CYLINDER DOWNWIND FROM THE LEAK ENHANCED THE DISPERSION TO THE EXTENT OF REDUCING THE POTENTIAL HAZARD. D.W.H.

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  • Original title: LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PLUME INTERACTION WITH STORAGE TANKS.
  • Record ID : 1987-0428
  • Languages: English
  • Source: J. Heat Transf. - vol. 108 - n. 2
  • Publication date: 1986/05
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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