Boiling and spreading rates of instantanteous spills of liquid methane on water. Final report Sep 80-Aug 81
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6570904
Boiling and spreading rates of liquefied methane were measured in experiments where the cryogen was spilled on ambient water. Spills were essentially instantaneous, and the apparatus was one-dimensional in character. Boiling rates were initially high but decreased rapidly in a manner approximately inversely proportional to the square root of time. Asymptotic heat fluxes were near 25 kW/sq m. Ice formed quickly after the liquid methane contacted the water. Spreading rates were less than would have been expected if no boiling occurred. Analytical models were developed to correlate the spreading and boiling data.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
- OSTI ID:
- 6570904
- Report Number(s):
- PB-82-227646
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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