The Jack Rabbit chlorine release experiments: Implications of dense gas removal from a depression and downwind concentrations

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 213-214, Issue , 2012, Pages 406-412

  Hanna, Steven ^a   Britter, Rex ^a   Argenta, Edward ^a   Chang, Joseph ^b  

^a Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute ^*

^b Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine emissions and dispersion; Dense gas dispersion; Detrainment of pollution from valleys; Jack Rabbit chlorine and ammonia field experiment

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE CONCENTRATION; CHLORINE RELEASE; DENSE GAS; DENSE GAS DISPERSION; DETRAINMENT OF POLLUTION FROM VALLEYS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; RELEASE TIME; TIME DURATION; TWO PHASE; UTAH , USA; WIND SPEED;

AMMONIA; GAS EMISSIONS;

CHLORINE;

AMMONIA; CHLORINE;

AMMONIA; CHLORINE; DIAMETER; DISPERSION; PIPE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; CLOUD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS; JACK RABBIT FIELD EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WIND;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; CHLORINE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; UTAH; WIND;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

LEPUS;

EID: 84858336999     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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