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http://dx.doi.org/10.12812/ksms.2017.19.2.31

A Study on the Improvement of Classification of Explosion Hazardous Area using Hypothetic Volume through Release Characteristic  

Kim, Dae-Yeon (Dept. of Environmental Technology & Safety Technology Convergence, Inha University)
Chon, Young-Woo (Dept. of Environmental Technology & Safety Technology Convergence, Inha University)
Lee, Ik-Mo (Dept. of Environmental Technology & Safety Technology Convergence, Inha University)
Hwang, Yong-Woo (Dept. of Environmental Technology & Safety Technology Convergence, Inha University)
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Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science / v.19, no.2, 2017 , pp. 31-39 More about this Journal
Abstract
Classify of explosion hazardous areas must be made at the site where flammable materials are used. This reason is that it is necessary to manage ignition sources in of explosion hazardous areas in order to reduce the risk of explosion. If such an explosion hazard area is widened, it becomes difficult to increase the number of ignition sources to be managed. The method using the virtual volume currently used is much wider than the result using CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics). Therefore, we tried to improve the current method to compare with the new method using leakage characteristics. The result is a realistic explosion hazard if the light gas is calibrated to the mass and the heavy gas is calibrated to the lower explosion limit. However, it is considered that the safety factors should be taken into account in the calculated correction formula because such a problem should be considered as a buffer for safety.
Keywords
explosion hazard area; hypothetical volume; release characteristics; specific gravity of gas;
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