Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) hazards include LNG flammable vapor dispersion and
LNG pool fire thermal radiation. A large LNG pool fire emits high thermal radiation
thus preventing fire fighters from approaching and extinguishing the fire. One of the
strategies used in the LNG industry and recommended by federal regulation National
Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 59A is to use expansion foam to suppress LNG
vapors and to control LNG fire by reducing the fire size.
In its application, expansion foam effectiveness heavily depends on application rate,
generator location, and LNG containment pit design. Complicated phenomena involved
and previous studies have not completely filled the gaps increases the needs for LNG
field experiments involving expansion foam. In addition, alternative LNG vapor
dispersion and pool fire suppression methodology, Foamglas® pool fire suppression
(PFS), is investigated as well.
This dissertation details the research and experiment development. Results regarding
important phenomena are presented and discussed. Foamglas® PFS effectiveness is
described. Recommendations for advancing current guidelines in LNG vapor dispersion
and pool fire suppression methods are developed. The gaps are presented as the future
work and recommendation on how to do the experiment better in the future. This will
benefit LNG industries to enhance its safety system and to make LNG facilities safer.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2906 |
| Date | 15 May 2009 |
| Creators | Suardin, Jaffee Arizon |
| Contributors | MANNAN, M. SAM |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation, text |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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