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Pool Evaporation – Experimental Data Collection and Modeling
Author(s) -
Habib Abdelkarim,
Schalau Bernd
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201800093
Subject(s) - flammable liquid , evaporation , environmental science , experimental data , flow (mathematics) , petroleum engineering , process engineering , mechanics , materials science , thermodynamics , waste management , engineering , mathematics , physics , statistics
When handling flammable or toxic liquids or liquefied gases, the occurrence of a leakage and formation of a liquid pool is a scenario to be considered for risk assessment. Several models are available for estimating the evaporating mass flow, but only few experimental data exist for validation purposes. Evaporation experiments, with vapor pressures up to 0.94 bar and with different substances in basins of varying diameter, were carried out, mainly on open‐air test sites with different topographies, but also in enclosed spaces. Based on these new data, a validation of existing pool evaporation models was carried out and eventually led to the new formulation of an evaporation model, which is also presented here.