Recommendations on the Prediction of Thermal Hazard Distances from Large Liquefied Natural Gas Pool Fires on Water for Solid Flame Models

Technical Report · Wed Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1034895· OSTI ID:1034895

Luketa, Anay Josephine ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

The objective of this work is to provide recommendations on predicting thermal hazard distances resulting from large liquefied natural gas (LNG) pool fires on water. The recommendations pertain to an integral model approach and its pertinent parameters such as burn rate, flame height, surface emissive power (SEP), and transmissivity. These recommendations are based upon knowledge gained from conducting experiments of LNG pool fires on water at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico in 2009 in addition to earlier, smaller scale tests. The 83 diameter meter test resulted in a 56 m diameter pool fire which is the largest LNG pool fire test performed on water or land to date.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1034895
• Report Number(s): SAND--2011-9415
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English