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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2016.20.3.59

A study on the Prediction of Explosion Risk for the Low Pressure Natural Gas Facilities with Different Explosion Conditions  

Han, Sangil (Department of Chemical Engineering, Changwon National University)
Lee, Dongwook (School of Chemical & biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University)
Hwang, Kyu-Suk (School of Chemical & biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.20, no.3, 2016 , pp. 59-65 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is imperative to use suitable explosion proof equipments to prevent explosion in different gas facilities. There is no technical standard for the classification of hazardous areas though standard of explosion proof is regulated. In this study, we have adopted Industrial Standard KS to develop the methodology for the prediction of the explosion risk in the natural gas facility with low pressure using the important factors including hole size, hypothetical volume, validation of ventilation effectiveness. The applicability of the developed methodology was evaluated by the comparison with the data obtained from experiments of natural gas explosion.
Keywords
Natural gas; Explosion risk; hypothetical volume; hazardous areas;
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