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A Study on Explosive Limits of Flammable Materials - Explosive Limits of Ternary System by Means of Solution Thermodynamics and MRSM Model -  

Ha, Dong-Myeong (Department of Safety Engineering, Semyung University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.20, no.3, 2005 , pp. 91-97 More about this Journal
Abstract
The research on the explosive limits is one of fundamental fields of combustion process, and information on the explosive limits of mixture of fuel and oxidant, with or without additives, is very important for the prevention in industrial fire and explosion accidents. Explosive limits of all compounds and solvent mixtures can be calculated with the appropriate use of the fundamental laws of Raoult, Batten, Le Chatelier and MRSM(modified response surface methodology) model. In this study, the reference values of lower explosive limits(LEL) of the ethanol+toluene+ethylacetate system were compared with the calculated values by using the solution thermodynamics and the MRSM model, respectively. The values calculated by the proposed equations were a good agreement with literature data within a few percent. By means of this methodology, it is possible to evaluate reliability of experimental data of the lower explosive limits of the flammable mixtures. Also, from given results, it is possible to predict explosive limits of the other flammable liquid mixtures used in the chemical process by the use of the proposed equations.
Keywords
explosive limit; liquid mixture thermodynamics; flammable mixtures; ethanol+toluene+ethylacetate system; Le Chatelier;
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