Assessment of Cascading Accidents of Frostbite, Fire, and Explosion Caused by Liquefied Natural Gas Leakage

Table 1

Possible accidents and conditions caused by LNG storage tank leakage.

Accident	Accident conditions					Type of accident
	Leak	Ignition source	Formation of vapor cloud or pool	Ignite	Open space
LNG storage tank leak	Uninterrupted	√	x	x	x	Jet fire
		x	Vapor cloud	√	√	Flash fire
					x	VCE
				x	x	No accident
			Pool	√	x	Pool fire
				N	x	No accident
	Transient	√	x	x	x	BLEVE
		x	Vapor cloud	√	√	Flash fire
					x	VCE
				x	x	No accident
			Pool	√	x	Pool fire
				x	x	No accident