Outflow from fractured pipelines transporting supercritical ethylene

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-37

  Cumber, P S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consequence assessment; Mathematical model; Outflow rates; Pipeline rupture; Supercritical ethylene

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; ETHYLENE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

CONSEQUENCE ASSESSMENT; OUTFLOW RATES; PIPELINE RUPTURE; SUPERCRITICAL ETHYLENE;

PIPELINES;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; ETHYLENE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PIPELINES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

EID: 33845462895     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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