Accidental release analysis for chlorine gas: A comparison of CAMEO, HGSYSTEM and JET/DEGADIS
- IWG Corp., San Diego, CA (United States)
- NutraSweet Kelco Co., San Diego, CA (United States)
Environmental regulation, such as the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, now require the preparation of risk management plans (RMP) for facilities that handle hazardous materials such as chlorine. Air dispersion models have been developed to predict the probable impact of an accidental release of such materials. For a specific release, the concentrations to reach various reference levels calculated by each model may vary. Guidance as to which model to use and the differences between models for specific chemicals and scenarios is lacking. This paper will present the results for three different models for high, moderate and low chlorine release rates for an actual facility on the coastline of San Diego, California. The CAMEO/ALOHA, JET/DEGADIS and HGSYSTEM air dispersion models were used to predict downwind ranges to the IHDL chlorine concentration (10 ppm) for all scenarios. The calculation of plume concentrations at low release rates is frequently limited. CAMEO/ALOHA and JET/DEGADIS use much the same calculations and predict similar concentrations following a release. All three models, particularly CAMEO/ALOHA and JET/DEGADIS, exhibit difficulty in predicting the consequence of a low level release. The minimum release rate that can be effectively analyzed by the CAMEO/ALOHA and DEGADIS models is approximately 1 g/s. Lower concentrations are predicted by the CAMEO/ALOHA model. Concentrations predicted by the HGSYSTEM models were found to be two to three times greater than those predicted by the CAMEO/ALOHA and JET/DEGADIS models. Further research is needed to establish the cause of these differences.
- OSTI ID:
- 351149
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970677-; TRN: IM9925%%311
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 90. annual meeting and exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association, Toronto (Canada), 8-13 Jun 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of 1997 proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association`s 90. annual meeting and exhibition; PB: [7000] p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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