Consequence analysis - Using a CFD model for industrial sites

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 316-272

  Dharmavaram, Seshu ^a   Hanna, S R ^b   Hansen, O R ^c  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b HANNA CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c GEXCON AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

CFD tools; Consequence analysis; Dispersion models; Model validation; Plume dispersion

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; TURBULENCE;

CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DISPERSION MODELS; MODEL VALIDATION; PLUME DISPERSION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR POLLUTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 32944469519     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10068     Document Type: Article

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