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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2018.22.3.38

A Study on the Factors Affecting the Influence Ranges of Ammonia Leakage by Using KORA Program  

Lim, Hyeongjun (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Kwak, Sollim (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Jung, Jinhee (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Ryu, Taekwon (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Choi, Woosoo (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Lee, Jieun (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Lee, Jinseon (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Lee, Yeonhee (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Kim, Jungkon (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Yoon, Junheon (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Ryu, Jisung (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.22, no.3, 2018 , pp. 38-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
Ammonia is used primarily as a refrigerant in refrigeration facility and SCR of a plant, and is frequently involved in leakage accidents. This study was conducted by selecting ammonia, a material with a wide influence range when evaluated, as a material with higher vapor pressure and lighter than air. In this study, the influence ranges were computed using KORA(Korea Off-site Risk Assessment supporting tool) with four different environmental factors : ground roughness, sealing, operating temperature, pressure, and leakage hole size. As a result, the difference in the influence range of ground roughness is approximately 4.62 times, while the ammonia storage tank shows a difference in the reduction rate of 0.64 when sealed. The extent of impact increased with increasing leakage depending on storage temperature and pressure, and when storing higher than the saturation vapor pressure, the impact range showed an average growth rate of 3.45 % per 0.1 Mpa($45^{\circ}C$). The influence ranges based on the size of the leakage holes is shown to be proportional to the area of the leakage zone.
Keywords
ammonia; off-site risk assessment(ORA); ERPG-2; gaussian plume model; Korea Off-site Risk Assessment supporting tool(KORA);
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