John L. Woodward, Robin M. Pitbaldo

LNG Risk Based Safety

Modeling and Consequence Analysis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The expert, all-inclusive guide on LNG risk based safety

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is the condensed form of natural gas achieved by cryogenic chilling. This process reduces gas to a liquid 600 times smaller in volume than it is in its original state, making it suitable for economical global transportation. LNG has been traded internationally and used with a good safety record since the 1960s. However, with some accidents occurring with the storage and liquefaction of LNG, a good understanding of its mechanisms, and its potential ramifications to facilities and to the nearby public, is becoming critically important. With an unbiased eye, this book leans on the expertise of its authors and LNG professionals worldwide to examine these serious safety issues, while addressing many false assumptions surrounding this volatile energy source.

LNG Risk Based Safety:
Summarizes the findings of the Governmental Accountability Office's (GAO) survey of nineteen LNG experts from across North America and Europe
Reviews the history of LNG technology developments
Systematically reviews the various consequences from LNG releases-- discharge, evaporation, dispersion, fire, and other impacts, and identifies best current approaches to model possible consequence zones
Includes discussion of case studies and LNG-related accidents over the past fifty years

Covering every aspect of this controversial topic, LNG Risk Based Safety informs the reader with firm conclusions based on highly credible investigation, and offers practical recommendations that researchers and developers can apply to reduce hazards and extend LNG technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14531764000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780470317648
• ISBN-10: 0470317647
• Artikelnr.: 28707785

Autorenporträt

JOHN L. WOODWARD, PhD, is Senior Principal Consultant in the Process Safety Division of Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. in San Antonio, Texas. He has been actively involved in consequence modeling for both the DNV PHAST and BakerRisk SafeSite codes for many years. He was invited by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) as part of a team of LNG experts to review LNG safety issues. ROBIN M. PITBLADO, PhD, is Director for SHE Risk Management for Det Norske Veritas and is based in Houston, Texas. He has been active in consequence modeling, risk assessment and major accident investigation for over thirty years and was also a member of the GAO Panel of LNG Experts.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1 LNG Properties and Overview of Hazards. 1.1 LNG Properties. 1.2
Hazards of LNG with Respect to Public Risk. 1.3 Risk Analysis Requires
Adequate Modeling. 1.4 Flammability. 1.5 Regulations in Siting Onshore LNG
Import Terminals. 1.6 Regulation for Siting Offshore LNG Import Terminals.
1.7 Controversial Claims of LNG Opponents. 2 LNG Incidents and Marine
History. 2.1 LNG Ship Design History. 2.2 Designs and Issues--First
Commercial LNG Ships. 2.3 LNG Trade History. 2.4 LNG Accident History. 2.5
Summary of LNG History and Relevant Technical Developments. 3 Current LNG
Carriers. 3.1 Design Requirements. 3.2 Membrane Tanks. 3.3 Moss Spheres. 4
Risk Analysis and Risk Reduction. 4.1 Background. 4.2 Risk Analysis
Process. 4.3 Frequency: Data Sources and Analysis. 4.4 Frequency:
Predictive Methods. 4.5 Consequence Modeling. 4.6 Ignition Probability. 4.7
Risk Results. 4.8 Special Issues--Terrorism. 4.9 Risk Reduction and
Mitigation Measures for LNG. 5 LNG Discharge on Water. 5.1 Type 1--Above
Water Breaches at Sea. 5.2 Type 2--At Waterline Breaches at Sea. 5.3 Type
3--Below Waterline Breaches at Sea. 5.4 Discharges from Ship's Pipework.
5.5 Cascading Failures at Sea. 5.6 Initial Discharge Rate. 5.7
Time-Dependent Discharge (Blowdown). 5.8 Vacuum Breaking and Glug-Glug
Effects. 6 Risk Analysis for Onshore Terminals and Transport. 6.1 Typical
Basis for LNG Receiving Terminal. 6.2 Features of LNG Receiving Terminals.
6.3 Standards for Receiving Terminal Design. 6.4 U.S. Guidelines and
Regulations for Receiving Terminals. 6.5 European Regulations for LNG
Receiving Terminals. 6.6 Empirical Formula for Required Land Area of
Terminal. 6.7 Leak in Loading Arm or in Storage Tank. 6.8 Rollover. 6.9 LNG
Land Transport Risk. 6.10 Offshore LNG Terminals. 7 LNG Pool Modeling. 7.1
Flashing and Droplet Evaporation in Jet Flow. 7.2 Pool Spread and
Evaporation Modeling. 7.3 Rapid Phase Transition Explosions. 7.4 Aerosol
Drop Size. 7.5 Heat Balance Terms to LNG Pool. 7.6 Nomenclature. 8 Vapor
Cloud Dispersion Modeling. 8.1 Atmospheric Transport Processes. 8.2 Model
Types. 8.3 LNG Dispersion Test Series. 8.4 Factors Affecting Plume Length.
8.5 Effect of Wind, Currents, and Waves on LNG Plume. 8.6 Comparison of
Dispersion Model Predictions. 8.7 Descriptions of Dispersion Test Series.
8.8 Vapor Intrusion Indoors. 8.9 Theoretical Basis for Suppression of
Turbulence. 9 LNG Pool Fire Modeling. 9.1 Types of Fires from LNG
Facilities. 9.2 The Challenge for Pool Fire Modeling. 9.3 Pool Fire
Characteristics. 9.4 Summary of LNG Fire Experiments. 9.5 Burning Rate Data
and Correlations From Fire Tests. 9.6 Point Source Fire Model. 9.7 Solid
Flame Models: Flame Length Correlations. 9.8 Flame Tilt Correlations. 9.9
Flame Drag Near Pools. 9.10 Sep Correlations and Smoke Shielding. 9.11
Atmospheric Transmissivity. 9.12 Trench Fires. 9.13 View Factors. 9.14 CFD
Modeling. 9.15 Comparison of Model Predictions. 9.16 Fire Engulfment of LNG
Carrier. 10 Other LNG Hazards. 10.1 Fire and Explosion Scenarios. 10.2 Jet
Fires. 10.3 Flash Fires. 10.4 BLEVEs, Fireballs. 10.5 LNG Vapor Cloud
Explosions. 10.6 Asphyxiation and Cryogenic Hazard from LNG Spills. 11 Fire
Effects. 11.1 Fire Radiation Effects on Individuals. 11.2 Effects of
Thermal Radiation on Property. 12 Research Needs. 12.1 Uncertainties. 12.2
Recommendations of GAO Survey. 12.3 LNG Model Evaluation Protocols (MEPs).
12.4 Special Topics. 12.5 Conclusions. References. Index.