The Interaction of Liquid Hydrocarbons with Water.
Abstract
An investigation into the explosion phenomenon recently reported in an investigation into the hazards of liquified natural gas (LNG) is reported. Repeated experiments were conducted in which LNG was dropped onto a variety of liquid samples. Although an explosion could not be obtained when pure water was used as the sample, water contaminated by n-hexane or by toluene gave an explosion every time. Peak explosion pressures are given for a variety of different experimental conditions. Further experiments indicated that (a) minor, high-boiling constituents of LNG may play an important part in the explosion mechanism, and (b) an important scaling-up factor was observed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0753561
Entities
People
- Frank Garland
- Gordon Atkinson
Organizations
- University of Maryland