A multiphase test facility is being established by the Sloshing of Liquefied Natural Gas (SLING) research project to examine slohing impacts in LNG tanks.
Through the STW "Perspective Programme", a major public-private cooperation named SLING has been created. The SLING consortium comprises the technology foundation STW, four top Dutch universities, including the TU Delft and University of Twente, representatives from the LNG, shipping and shipbuilding industry, such as Shell, Bureau Veritas and Damen, engineering companies and Dutch maritime research institute Marin.
Multiphase Facility
The research requires a multiphase facility, which consists of a controlled environment with multiple test setups installed inside, that is, a flume tank with a wave maker installed on one end of the flume and an instrumented, transverse wall at the other end and a large and a small flat impactor. The controlled environment consists of a 15 m long x 2.5 m diameter autoclave with observation windows; a gas and liquid supply system; and a heating/cooling system for the autoclave and test setups, facilitating testing in the vicinity of the water-vapour boundary for a large range of temperatures (5°C to 200°C) and pressures (5 mbar to 10 bar).
The test facility will be located at Marin and is due to open late 2017.
Picture by Marin.
