LNG vapor barrier and obstacle evaluation: Wind-tunnel simulation of 1987 Falcon Spill Series. Final report, July 1987-February 1991

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5790707

Shin, S H; Meroney, R N; Neff, D E

Measurements of the behavior of simulated liquefied natural gas clouds dispersing over small-scale model placed in environmental wind tunnels permits evaluations of the fluid physics of dense cloud movement and dispersion in a controlled environment. A large data base on the interaction of simulated LNG plumes with the Falcon test configuration of vapor barrier fences and vortex generators was obtained. The purpose of the reported test program is to provide post-field-spill wind tunnel experiments to augment the LNG Vapor Fence Field Program data obtained during the Falcon Test Series in 1987. The goal of the program is to determine the probable response of a dense LNG Vapor cloud to vortex inducer obstacles and fences, examine the sensitivity of results to various scaling arguments which might augment limit, or extend the value of the field and wind-tunnel tests, and identify important details of the spill behavior which were not predicted during the pretest planning phase.

• Research Organization: Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). Dept. of Civil Engineering
• OSTI ID: 5790707
• Report Number(s): PB-92-137645/XAB; CER--90-91SHS-RNM-DEN-11; CNN: GRI-N00014-88-K-0029
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FIELD TESTS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FLOW
GAS FUELS
GAS SPILLS
GASES
LIQUEFIED GASES
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
MASS TRANSFER
NATURAL GAS
SAFETY ENGINEERING
TESTING
TUNNELS
TURBULENCE
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
VAPORS
VENTILATION BARRIERS
VORTEX FLOW
WIND TUNNELS