Modeling Alternative Fuel Spills in the Port of Vancouver

The effects depend on the location of the discharge in addition to the properties of the fuel. [...] The model initializes the spilled mass at the location and depth of the discharge, in a state dependent upon the physical-chemical properties of the material. [...] In the case of vapor cloud explosions, the severity of the event is a function of the fuel involved (categorized by reactivity) and the nature of the location in which the cloud forms. [...] The explosion overpressure results were calculated using the reactivity of the fuel in the cloud, the mass of fuel within the source volume, and the congestion/confinement level representative of the explosion source. [...] The reactivity of the fuel for each hazard is a function of the material composition for each selected fuel type and is based on the laminar flame speed of the fuel.