HOW LNG BOILS ON SOILS

LNG boiling rates are critical in determining the potential hazard that can result from LNG spills. Such rates are dependent on the surface onto which the LNG is spilled and control the extent of the hazard, all other variables assumed constant. Methods for predicting downwind vapor dispersion are available and potential hazard estimates can be made if spill rates, impoundment geometries, boiling rates and atmospheric conditions are specified. Results of a test program are presented and discussed in terms of practical recommendations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Gulf Publishing Company

  Box 2608
  Houston, TX  United States  77001
• Authors:
  • Drake, E M
  • Reid, R C
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 191-194
• Serial:
  • Hydrocarbon Processing
  • Volume: 54
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boil off; Fog dispersal; Liquefied natural gas; Physical properties; Soils; Spills (Pollution); Vapors
• Old TRIS Terms: Boiling rate behavior of lng; Lng boil off; Lng spills; Vapor cloud dispersion
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148147
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM