Simulation of Vaporization and Combustion of a Large-Scale Cryogenic Liquid Methane Pool

The risk of terrorist attack on large cryogenic hydrocarbon fuel tankers is unclear, due partly to difficulties in understanding how the spill, pool vaporization, turbulent dispersion and fuel-vapor mixing are coupled. The current study’s objective is to model the vaporization, dispersion, and deflagration of liquid methane pools boiling on water while subjected to airflow around [...]