Experimental Investigation of LNG Underwater Release and Combustion Behavior on Water Surface

摘要

This work foucs on the safety transportation and risk evaluation of LNG accidental release and vapor cloud flame. The experimental was conducted in water tank with dimension of 1×0.5×0.5 in height × long × width and placed in a wind tunnel. The LNG released from a storage tank which connected by a flexible insulation tube. A stainless steel pipeline placed through the plexiglass tank with three orifice sizes and 0.6 m water depth. The leakage pressure and volume flow rate was measured by a pressure gauge and liquid flow meter with online monitoring. The dynamic behavior of LNG jet release was recorded by a high speed camera from a full and micro view. The flammable vapor was immediately ignited on the water surface under different crosswinds. In addition, a new correlation of the radio between flame height to width with mass loss rate and wind speed has been proposed. The flame temperature was employed by an array of K-type thermalcaplous in vertical and horizontal directions. An infrared camera was used to compare the thermal distribution for quantitative.