Computational fluid dynamics simulation of LNG pool fire radiation for hazard analysis

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-102

  Sun, Biao ^a,b   Guo, Kaihua ^b   Pareek, Vishnu K ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulation; Hazard analysis; Liquefied natural gas; Pool fire radiation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ENGINEERING MODELING; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HAZARD ANALYSIS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG); NON-PREMIXED COMBUSTION MODELS; POOL FIRE RADIATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUEL TANKS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; HAZARDS; IGNITION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RADIATION DAMAGE;

LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS;

EID: 84897765113     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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