Computational fluid dynamics analysis of liquefied natural gas dispersion for risk assessment strategies

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-128

  Sun, Biao ^a,b   Utikar, Ranjeet P ^a   Pareek, Vishnu K ^a   Guo, Kaihua ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Dense gas dispersion; Impoundment; LNG; NFPA 59A; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; AVERAGE RELATIVE ERROR; CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DENSE GAS; FIELD TEST; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS DISPERSION; IMPOUNDMENT; INTEGRAL MODEL; NFPA 59A; STORAGE AND HANDLING; TIME-DEPENDENT; WIND VELOCITY FIELD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISPERSIONS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; LEVEES; PLANT LAYOUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE SELECTION; VELOCITY;

LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS;

EID: 84872498968     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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