A full scale experimental study of fires following the rupture of natural gas transmission pipelines

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 47-52

  Acton, Michael R ^a   Hankinson, Geoff ^a   Ashworth, Blaine P ^b   Sanai, Mohsen ^c   Colton, James D ^c  

^a BG Technology   (United Kingdom)

^b TransCanda PipeLines Ltd   (Canada)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; PIPELINE CODES; PIPELINES; PUBLIC UTILITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; HIGH PRESSURE TRANSMISSION PIPELINES; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE; PIPELINE FAILURES; PIPELINE OPERATOR; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES;

NATURAL GAS PIPELINES;

EID: 84994496519     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IPC2000-107     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Hankinson, G, Lowesmith, B.J., Genillon, P. and Hamaide, G, Experimental Studies of Gas Releases from High Pressure Above-Ground Pipework, International Pipeline Conference, Calgary, October 2000.
2. Cleaver, R.P., Cumber, P.S. and Genillon, P., A Model to Predict the Characteristics of Fires Following the Rupture of Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines, submitted for publication in Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Part B - Process Safety and Environmental Protection.
3. Acton, M.R., Baldwin, P.J., Baldwin, T.R., and Jager, E.E.R., The Development of the PIPESAFE Risk Assessment Package for Gas Transmission Pipelines, International Pipeline Conference, 1998, ASME, pp. 1-7.
4. Hamaide, G, Cazade, M., Hofbauer, M. and Vereschi, G, Study of a Methodology of Safety Assessment for High Pressure Natural Gas Pipelines, International Gas Research Conference, 1995.