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OVERVIEW OF LNG VAPOUR DISPERSION RESEARCH SPONSORED BY THE GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, USA.

Author(s) : WIERSMA S. J., WILLIAMS T. A.

Summary

LNG VAPOUR DISPERSION IN CASE OF A SPILL ACCIDENT HAS CONSTITUTED A HUGE RESEARCH PROGRAM, IN EUROPE AND IN THE US, FOR 15 YEARS. THE GRI HAS INVESTIGATED: 1) THE SIMULATION OF SPILLS BY WIND TUNNEL ; 2) THE SIMULATION OF SPILLS USING DIGITAL MODELS ; AND 3) LARGE-SCALE EXPERIMENTS. THE PAPER PRESENTS THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS RESEARCH. ASERIES OF EXPERIMENTS ON LNG SPILLS IN EXCESS OF 16 M3 WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE US. THE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED IN DETAIL AS WELL AS THE SIMULATION RESULTS.

Details

  • Original title: OVERVIEW OF LNG VAPOUR DISPERSION RESEARCH SPONSORED BY THE GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, USA.
  • Record ID : 1991-0040
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1989/10/17
  • Source: Source: Proc. LNG 9 GNL, Nice
    vol. 2; sess. 3; n. 2; 30 p.; 11 fig.; 1 tabl.; 2 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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