Corrosion Science and Technology

  • 제3권6호
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  • Pages.257-261
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  • 2004
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  • 1598-6462(pISSN)
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  • 2288-6524(eISSN)
한국부식방식학회 (The Corrosion Science Society of Korea)
권호 표지

Risk Analysis of Explosion in Building by Fuel Gas

  • Jo, Young-Do (Institute of Gas Safety Technology, Korea Gas Safety Corporation) ;
  • Park, Kyo-Shik (Institute of Gas Safety Technology, Korea Gas Safety Corporation) ;
  • Ko, Jae Wook (Dept. Of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
  • 발행 : 2004.12.01
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초록

Leaking of fuel gas in a building creates flammable atmosphere and gives rise to explosion. Observations from accidents suggest that some explosions are caused by quantity of gas significantly less than the lower explosion limit amount required to fill the whole confined space, which might be attributed to inhomogeneous mixing of the leaked gas. The minimum amount of leaked gas for explosion is highly dependent on the degree of mixing in the building. This paper proposes a method for estimating minimum amount of flammable gas for explosion assuming Gaussian distribution of flammable gas.

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