THE DISSEMINATION AND COMBUSTION OF UNCONFINED LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS CLOUDS

A series of experimental tests were performed in the field to: (1) explosively disseminate liquefied natural gas (LNG) to form an unconfined cloud of measurable size and shape; (2) transfer a detonation wave from a different chemical cloud, but one known to support detonation, into an LNG cloud; and (3) observe and measure the effects of the transferred detonation wave in the unconfined LNG cloud. Based on the results of these feasibility tests, additional experiments are recommended.

• Corporate Authors:

  GEO-Centers, Incorporated

  381 Elliot Street
  Newton Upper Falls, MA  United States  02164

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Publication Date: 1979-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 59 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Explosions; Liquefied natural gas; Measurement; Spills (Pollution)
• Old TRIS Terms: Explosive vapor measurement; Lng explosions; Lng spills; Vapor cloud explosions
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325805
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CG-D-49-80 Final Rpt., GC-TR-79-1033
• Contract Numbers: 840700
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 12 1981 12:00AM