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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2012.16.1.8

A Study on Physicochemical Characteristics of Hydrogen Gas Explosion  

Jo, Young-Do (Dept. of Gas Safety R&D Center, Korea Gas Safety Corporation)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.16, no.1, 2012 , pp. 8-14 More about this Journal
Abstract
Hydrogen is considered to be the most important future energy carrier in many applications reducing significantly greenhouse gas emissions, but the explosion safety issues associated with hydrogen applications need to be investigated and fully understood to be applicable as the carrier. The risk associated with a explosion depends on an understanding of the impacts of the explosion, particularly the pressure-time history during the explosion. This work provides the effects of explosion parameters, such as specific heat ratio of burned and unburned gas, equilibrium maximum explosion pressure, and burning velocity, on the pressure-time history with flame growth model. The pressure-time history is dominantly depending on the burning velocity and equilibrium maximum explosion pressure of hydrogen-air mixture. The pressure rise rate increase with the burning velocity and equilibrium maximum explosion pressure. The specific heat ratio of unburned gas has more effect on the final explosion pressure increase rate than initial explosion pressure increase rate. However, the specific heat ratio of burned gas has more influence on initial explosion pressure increase rate. The flame speeds are obtained by fitting the experimental data sets. The flame speeds for hydrogen in air based on our experimental data is very low, making a transition from deflagration to detonation in a confined space unlikely under these conditions.
Keywords
hydrogen explosion; deflagration to detonation; flame speed; specific heat ratio; pressure rise rate;
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