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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2015.19.6.54

Dependence of Explosion Overpressure of Flammable Gas on the Change of Volume Blockage Ratio of Facilities  

Lee, Seung Kuk (Graduate School, Dept. of Gas Energy Plant Engineering, Chung-Ang University)
Lee, Da Eun (Graduate School, Chung-Ang University)
Kim, Sung Chan (Dept. of Fire Safety, Kyung-Il University)
Yoon, Kee Bong (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.19, no.6, 2015 , pp. 54-61 More about this Journal
Abstract
A series of CFD calculation has been conducted to investigate the effect of facility confinement on explosion power for process plant facility. The level of confinement of a facility was simplified with VBR(volume blockage ratio) and averaged size of obstacles. FLACS which is 3D CFD code of gas dispersion and the explosion was used for simulating the explosion phenomena in the idealized domain with different confinement level. The CFD results showed a tendency that the overpressure increases with increasing VBR and number of obstacles. The effect of VBR on the overpressure was relatively small for the case of number of obstacle less than 25. The results of this study can be used to provide a safety guideline considering the facility confinement in case of leakage accident of flammable gas and vapor in process plants.
Keywords
explosion; VBR(volume blockage ratio); process plant; safety; FLACS; CFD;
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