Experimental study of effective water spray curtain application in dispersing liquefied natural gas vapor clouds

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-353

  Rana, Morshed A ^a   Cormier, Benjamin R ^a   Suardin, Jaffee A ^a   Zhang, Yingchun ^a   Mannan, M Sam ^a  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Forced dispersion; LNG spill; Spray nozzle; Vapor control

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AIR ENTRAINMENT; CLOUDS; DISPERSION (WAVES); EXPERIMENTS; FLAMMABILITY; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; HEAT SHIELDING; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS; NOZZLES; PESTICIDES; SAFETY ENGINEERING; VAPORS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL RELEASES; DENSE GASES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGIES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; FLAMMABLE VAPOR CLOUDS; FLAMMABLE VAPORS; FORCED DISPERSION; GAS CONCENTRATIONS; HEAT EXCHANGES; LNG SAFETIES; LNG SPILL; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAJOR HAZARDS; SAFETY MEASURES; SPRAY NOZZLE; STORAGE FACILITIES; STRUCTURED ENGINEERINGS; UNITED STATES; VAPOR CLOUDS; VAPOR CONTROL; VAPOR DISPERSIONS; WATER CURTAINS; WATER SPRAY CURTAINS; WATER SPRAYS;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 57349160636     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10275     Document Type: Article

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