From laboratory simulation to scale-up and design of spray barriers mitigating toxic gaseous releases

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-34

  Palazzi, Emilio ^a   Currò, Fabio ^a   Fabiano, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Mitigation; Modelling; Nozzles; Scale up; Toxic release

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AERODYNAMICS; AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATOMIZERS; CHLORINE; DROPS; EXPERIMENTS; FUNCTIONS; GAS ABSORPTION; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GASES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MODELS; NOZZLES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TOXIC MATERIALS; TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCIES; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSIONS; CHLORINE RELEASES; DROP DIAMETERS; DROP SIZES; EMPIRICAL COEFFICIENTS; ENTRAINMENT COEFFICIENTS; FAR FIELDS; GAS CONCENTRATIONS; GAS ESCAPING; GAS PHASE; GENERAL STRUCTURES; GLOBAL ABSORPTIONS; INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS; INTERFACIAL SURFACES; LABORATORY SIMULATIONS; LIQUID PHASES; LOW COSTS; MAIN PARAMETERS; MASS FLOWS; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MITIGATION; MITIGATION EFFECTS; MODELLING; PHYSICAL ABSORPTIONS; PHYSICAL MODELS; SCALE-UP; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURES; SINGLE PASSES; SYSTEM SIZES; TOXIC GASSES; TOXIC RELEASE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 58249093985     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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