• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2000.06a
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• pp.136-139
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• 2000

현대산업사회의 급속한 발전으로 사용이 편리하고, 깨끗한 연료인 도시가스의 사용량은 점점 더 증대될 뿐만 아니라 사용형태 또한 다양화되고 있어, 이에 따른 사고도 증가하고 있으며 사고의 규모도 대형화 되어가고 있다. 일반적으로 가스폭발의 경우 개방된 영역에서 보다 밀폐된 영역에서 발생할 경우 폭발압력에 의한 파괴효과는 더욱 증가한다. 이러한 부분에 대해 많은 학자들은 단일가스와 산화제를 혼합시킨 형태의 가스 폭발에 대한 특성을 연구하여 왔다. 그러나 산소농도의 변화에 따른 가연성가스의 폭발범위, 폭발시 초기압력의 변화, 최소점화에너지에 관한 연구는 거의 없는 실정이다. (중략)

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.1-13
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• 2015

Accidents related to gas explosion are frequently happened in foreign countries and in Korea. For the evaluation and the analysis of gas explosions, TNT equivalent methods are used. In this study, the influence of the selection of chemical equation in TNT explosion and the selection of enthalpy of the products on the explosion energy, detonation pressure, velocity of detonation, and temperature was calculated. Depending on the chemical equations, the maximum detonation pressure can be 2 times higher than the minimum. As an example for applying TNT equivalent method, an explosion of methane gas in a confined volume was assumed. With the TNT equivalent, it was possible to predict the variation of peak overpressure and impulse with the distance from the explosion location.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.172-177
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• 2002

가스폭발 시 폭발 압력에 의해 건물의 일부 또는 전체적인 파괴와 함께 외부에 영향을 미치는 영향은 주로 폭풍파의 압력과 고온의 화염이다. 그 중에서도 폭풍압은 건물에서의 가스폭발 시 파열면을 통과한 급격한 압력 방출에 의해 생겨나는 물리적인 현상으로 그 충격은 때에 따라서 구조물을 붕괴시킬 만큼 크다. 폭발에 의해 발생되는 폭풍압에 의한 피해가 크기 때문에 과거부터 폭풍압에 대한 연구가 계속되어 왔다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.7 no.4 s.21
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• pp.14-19
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• 2003

Generally the accident by gas explosion in the working place is occurred at the condition of non-uniform mixture rather than uniform one. This study could predict the explosion phenomenon of non-uniform mixture with model explosion chamber which realize various practical conditions As a result, the mixing level of gas in the chamber depends on discharge area and velocity when there is gas discharge in certain space. In addition, as non-uniform increases, explosion pressure and its increasing rate decrease. However, firing risk after the explosion flame by infrared heat increase due to the increase of residence time of flame.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.10 no.3 s.32
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• pp.60-64
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• 2006

Explosion range and explosion characteristics of by product gas from carbon black manufacturing process were studied. About 75% of the by product gas were composed with water vapour and nitrogen. And the combustible component in the gas were hydrogen, methane, acetylene and carbon mono-oxide. Because of the combustible components in the by product gas there are explosion hazards in the gas handling process. Explosion range of the gas by experiment was from 17.1% to 70.7% and the value has considerable difference with the calculated value from Lechatelier law. Explosion pressure of the gas was $5.4kg/cm^2$ and the average explosion pressure rise rate was $39.2kg/cm^2/s$. Based on the experimental result we can expect that a explosion or fire accident during the handling the gas can make a severe loss, therefore there should be a explosion prevention or protection measures in the gas handling process.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.129-134
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• 1997

가스폭발사고를 방지하기 위하여 사용하는 방폭형 전기기기중에서 본질안전 방폭구조는 폭발위험장소에 설치되는 전기기기 및 배선의 어떤 부분에서 정상동작 및 사고시(단락, 지락, 단선 등)에 발생하는 불꽃, 아크, 과열이 주위에 있는 폭발성 가스에 점화되지 않도록 한 구조로서, 회로의 전압과 전류를 폭발성 가스의 점화한계 이하가 되도록 구성하는 원리이며 국내외에서 사용이 증가추세에 있다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.1-5
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• 2017

Leaking of natural gas, which is mostly methane, in a confined living space creates flammable atmosphere and gives rise to explosion accident. The minimum amount of leaked methane for explosion is highly dependent on the degree of mixing in the confined space. This paper proposes a method for estimating minimum amount of flammable gas for explosion by using Gaussian distribution explosion model(GDEM) and experimental explosion data. The explosion pressure in the confined space can be estimated by assuming the Gaussian distribution of flammable gas along the height of an enclosure and estimating the maximum amount of gas within flammable limits, combustion of the estimated gas with constant volume and adiabatic or isothermal mixing in the confined space. The predicted minimum gas amount for an explosion is tied to explosion pressure that results in a given building damage level. The result shows that very small amount of methane leaking in the confined space may results in a serious gas explosion accident. This result could be applied not only to setting the leak criteria for developing a gas safety appliance but also to accident investigating of explosion.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.1-13
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• 2020

Gas explosion accidents are steadily being issued due to increased gas consumption in Korea and foreign countries. To analyze the effects of these gas explosions, a TNT equivalent method is used. In this study, the TNT equivalent was calculated in the event of an explosion due to the volume content in the air of CO, CH₄ and C₂H₄, the typical flammable gases emitted by coal. Also, the peak overpressure and impulse variation with the distance from explosion point were compared and analyzed by gas using the calculated equivalent value of TNT. The upper limit of the TNT equivalent for the three mixed gases is up to five times larger than the other gases mixture. In addition, the peak overpressure and impulse, which are factors of the TNT characteristic curve, are also increasing as the number of gases increases.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2000.06a
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• pp.180-185
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• 2000

연료로 사용하는 가연성 가스의 양이 증가함에 따라 가스 사고 건수도 증가하고 있으며 가스사고 중 약 35% 정도가 가스의 누설사고였다. 이러한 가스의 누설사고는 일정시간 경과 후 적절하게 배출되지 못할 경우 화재나 폭발사고로 이어질 위험성이 매우 크다. 즉 가스의 누출은 폭발이나 연소의 3요소 중에서 가연물이 제공되는 과정으로 가스폭발사고나 화재를 예방하기 위해서는 근본적으로 가스의 누출을 방지해야 한다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.5 no.2 s.14
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• pp.36-42
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• 2001

A leak of fuel gas in partially confined area creates a flammable atmosphere and give rise to an explosion, which is one of the most common accident in domestic. Observations from accident in domestic suggest that some explosions are caused by a quantify of fuel significantly less than lower explosion limit(LEL) amount required to fill the room, which is attributed to inhomogeneous mixing of leaked gas. The minimum amount of leaked gas for explosion is highly dependent on the mixing degree in the area. For lighter gas, such as methane, a high concentration tends to build up in the space from ceiling of room. But heavy gas, such as propane, a high concentration tends to build up in the space from bottom of room. This paper presents a method for analysing the explosion hazard in a room with very small amount of leaked gas. Based on explosion limit concentration, the gaussian distribution model is used to estimate the minimum amount of leak which yields a specified explosion pressure. The results demonstrate that catastrophic structural damage can be achieved with a volume of fuel gas which is less than 0.5 percent of the total enclosed volume in domestic. The method will help analyzing hazard to develop new safe device as well as investigating accident.