Facility for large-scale hazardous gas testing and recent test results

Conference · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5130163

McRae, T G; Koopman, R P

The Department of Energy (DOE) is constructing a facility at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) which will be capable of the rapid release of large quantities of cryogenic or pressurized flammable or toxic materials. The facility is being built in concert with and in response to the needs of many industrial and governmental organizations and will be operational early in 1986. The facility is designed to satisfy the need for information for risk assessment, emergency response, regulation, plant design, plant siting, hazard mitigation, and model validation. It will be capable of spilling up to 200 m/sup 3/ (53,000 gal) of cryogenic fluids such as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and up to 90 m/sup 3/ (24,000 gal) of ambient temperature materials such as chlorine. An extensive sensor and data acquisition system is available to acquire data on spill characteristics; such as, rate, volume, temperature, and pressure; downwind gas concentration, temperature, and aerosol characteristics; meteorological parameters; and blast or fire effects. This makes the facility ideally suited for the validation of models, both theoretical and wind tunnel, for the observation and measurement of new and/or important phenomena, and for the design and evaluation of protective measures such as water curtains and vapor barriers. 12 refs., 10 figs., 3 tabs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5130163
• Report Number(s): UCRL-92601; CONF-8511110-1; ON: DE86002136
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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