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    Charakterystyka zagrożeń związanych z transportowaniem i magazynowaniem skroplonego gazu ziemnego - LNG
    (2010) Sedlaczek, Rafał
    Due to the rising worldwide demand for natural gas (about 2%/year), and large distances between potential producers and consumers, LNG technology has been growing rapidly in recent years. LNG technology bases on favourable properties of natural gas in the liquid form. Natural gas condenses into liquid at temperature of approximately -162 degrees of Celsius at atmospheric pressure. Liquefaction reduces its volume by approximately 600 times, making it more economical to transport through the ocean (distances over 3000 km). The most important requirement for LNG technology is to provide safety for people and the environment. The properties of LNG, that make it so profitable, make it potentially hazardous at the same time. In this paper the LNG boil off gas generation for receiving terminals has been presented. The sources of boil-off gas have been discussed, and a numeric example, which illustrates the BOG generation for the specific set of assumptions, has been provided. In further part of the article fire and explosion hazardous, the rapid phase transition (RPT) and the rollover phenomena, which can occur during transporting and storing LNG, have been discussed.