Numerical simulation of LNG dispersion under two-phase release conditions

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 245-254

  Giannissi, S G ^a,b   Venetsanos, A G ^a   Markatos, N ^b   Bartzis, J G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

ADREA HF code; CFD; Falcon series; LNG dispersion; Stable conditions; Two phase jet

Indexed keywords

ADREA-HF; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; FALCON SERIES; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; LNG SAFETY; LOW WIND SPEED; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OVER WATER; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; RELEASE RATE; SOURCE MODELS; SPILL VOLUME; STABLE CONDITIONS; TWO-PHASE JET; TWO-PHASE RELEASE; VAPOR CLOUD; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTS; LAKES; METHANATION; SENSORS; VAPORS;

LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS;

EID: 84872497547     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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