HAZARDS OF MARINE TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUID CHLORINE

The Bureau of Mines has carried out a program of tests in which liquid chlorine was spilled onto a water surface and gaseous and liquid chlorine were released underwater. The scale of experiments ranged up to a 10-gallon (130 lb) spill and to a 72 lb/hr leak rate under 15 feet of water. Rates of chlorine evaporation were observed photographically and the atmospheric dispersion of the toxic gas was followed by gas sampling. A concurrent laboratory-scale investigation was made of the rates of solution of gaseous chlorine in tap water, cold tap water, and brine. The enlargement of a pinhole during the underwater leakage of chlorine was also observed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Bureau of Mines

  Pittsburg Mining and Safety Research Center
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213
• Authors:
  • Murphy, J N
  • Burgess, D S
  • Harris, M E
  • Lang, H
  • Mattes, R
• Publication Date: 1970-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 76 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Hazardous materials; Liquefied natural gas; Spills (Pollution); Transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Hazardous materials transportation; Lng transportation
• Subject Areas: Environment; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041724
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: PMSRC-S-4158 Final Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 19 1973 12:00AM