Details of 35 m Diameter LNG Fire Tests Conducted in Montoir,France in 1987, and Analysis of Fire Spectral and other Data

摘要

A series of three 35 m diameter LNG fire tests was conducted on an insulatedconcrete dike in July & September of 1987. Only limited data from these tests hasbeen published before. This paper presents the details of the tests conducted, types ofinstruments used, data measured and important results obtained. The fire emissivepower obtained from the wide angle and narrow angle radiometer data are comparedwith similar results from other previous field tests. The importance of these results inmodeling the behavior of large LNG fires and predicting the thermal emissions fromfires postulated to occur from large LNG releases are discussed. Also indicated in thispaper are the data on the spectral emission from the 35 m diameter LNG fires.Analysis and comparison with similar data from the China Lake LNG fire on water testsare provided.