Research Article

Impact Assessment of Flammable Gas Dispersion and Fire Hazards from LNG Tank Leak

Table 2

LNG physical and chemical parameters.

Physical and chemical parametersNumerical valuePhysical and chemical parametersNumerical value

Density (kg/m³)430Thermal conductivity (W/(m·K))0.21
Kinematic viscosity (kg/(m·s))0.0001183Saturated vapor pressure (Pa)Piecewise function representation
Latent heat of vaporization (J/kg)509332Heat release during pyrolysis (J/kg)0
Vaporization temperature (K)90.7The surface tension of the droplet (N/m)0.0133
Specific heat capacity (J/kg·K)2055Boiling point (K)111.66

Note. The saturated vapor pressure in the table is a value that changes with temperature, which is defined by a piecewise linear function, as shown in Table 3.