Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology (한국해양공학회지)

Korean Society of Ocean Engineers (한국해양공학회)
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CFD Simulation of Methane Combustion for Estimation of Fire and Explosion in Offshore Plant

해양플랜트의 화재 및 폭발 예측을 위한 메탄 연소의 CFD 시뮬레이션

  • Seok, Jun (General Design, Samsung Heavy industry) ;
  • Jeong, Se-Min (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Park, Jong-Chun (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Paik, Jeom-Kee (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • 석준 (삼성중공업(주) 종합설계) ;
  • 정세민 (부산대학교 조선해양공학과) ;
  • 박종천 (부산대학교 조선해양공학과) ;
  • 백점기 (부산대학교 조선해양공학과)
  • Received : 2013.02.18
  • Accepted : 2013.04.19
  • Published : 2013.04.30
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Abstract

Because of the recent increase in maritime cargo capacity, the production and price of crude oil have been rising. As oil prices have risen, many problems have occurred in the industry. To solve these problems, marine resources are being actively developed, and there has been an increase in the orders for special vessels and marine structures for the development of marine resources. However, consequently, various kinds of accidents have also occurred in these special vessels and structures. One of the major types of accidents involves fire and explosion, which cause many casualties and property damage. Therefore, various studies to estimate and prevent such accidents have been carried out. In this study, as basic research for the prevention of fire and explosion, numerical simulations on combustion were carried out by using a commercial grid generation program, Gridgen, and a CFD program, ANSYS-CFX. The influences of some parameters, such as the grid system, turbulence model, turbulent dissipation rate, and so on, on the simulation results were investigated, and optimum ones were chosen. It was found that the present results adopting these parameters agreed moderately well with other experimental and numerical ones.

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