• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.20-26
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to investigate the transition mechanism and prevention mechanism of gas explosion to fire. Transition phenomena of explosion to fire of LPG in the explosion vessel of its size of TEX>$100 cm {\times} 60 cm {\times} 45 cm$ was visualized using the high speed video camera and the mechanism was analysed from the videograph. Newspaper size of $30cm {\times} 20cm$ was used for combustible sample in this experiments and LPG-air mixture was ignited by 10 ㎸ electric spark. Experimental parameter was gas concentration, size of vent area and position of combustible solid. Size of vent area were varied as $10cm {\times} 9cm, 13cm {\times} 10cm, 27cm {\times} 20cm, 40cm {\times} 27cm$, and the position of combustible was varied in 4 point. Carbon dioxide was used to study the prevention mechanism of explosion to fire transition of LPG. Based on this experiment we can find that transition possibility of explosion to fire on solid combustible from explosion is depends on concentration of LPG-air mixture and the exposure time of solid combustibles in high temperature atmosphere of flame and burnt gas. And cooling or inerting of the atmosphere after explosion can be prevent the transition of explosion to fire on solid combustibles from gas explosion.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.12-28
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• 2024

Explosion involving rapid energy diffusion are causing enormous human and economic damage. Due to the advancement of the industry, various and widespread explosion accidents are occurring worldwise, and to prevent such explosion accidents, accurate cause analysis should be the basis. Research analysis related to worldwise explosion accidents was carried out in a limited range for some accidents. By conducting bibliometric analysis of keywords on all the papers published in international journals, this study attempted to derive the overall research trend by period and the latest fields in which future researchers may be interested. As a result of the study of keywords, the number of papers was generally small and the number of overall key words was small from 2005 to 2014, but numerical simulation and artificial intelligence have been used for the analysis of explosion accident cases since 2015, and various studies such as lithium-ion battery and mixed gas, which are the latest research fields, are currently being actively conducted.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.286-294
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• 2010

Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) has installed and operated seven seismoacoustic (infrasound) arrays as well as seismic stations in Korea. The seismo-acoustic array, which consists of co-located seismometers and micro-barometers, can observe both seismic and infrasonic signals from distant explosive phenomena. The infrasound is defined as low frequency (<20 Hz) acoustic waves in atmosphere. In particular, it can be detectable at long distance due to its low energy attenuation during propagation in atmosphere. KIGAM adopted the infrasound technology to discriminate surface explosions from earthquakes only because the surface explosion generally generates infrasound following seismic signal. In addition to surface explosions, these arrays have detected diverse geophysically natural and artificial phenomena, such as infrasound signal from the North Korean nuclear test. This review introduced the state-of-the-art studies and examples of infrasonic signals in and around the Korean Peninsula. In conclusion, infrasound technology would be clearly accepted itself as a new Earth monitoring technology by expanding its detectable regime to lithosphere-Earth surface-atmosphere. In future, an advanced technology, which allows to analyze seismic and infrasonic wave fields together, will enlarge the understanding of geophysical phenomena and be used as a robust analysis method for remote explosive phenomena in the broad infrasound regime.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.471-476
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• 1986

본 연구에서는 구모양의 석탄가루나 곡식가루등 비금속성 고체입자가 압축파 (shock wave)에 의해 생성된 고온의 기체속에 놓여있을때 일어나는 점화현상을 활성 화에너지(activation energy)가 큰 경우의 접합 점근법을 이용 해석하였다. 이렇게 하여 얻어진 석탄입자에 대한 점화지연시간을 실험치와 비교 이의 타당성을 입증하였 다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.135-139
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• 2000

경제의 발전으로 인한 화학물질의 개발과 합성 등으로 새로운 물질들이 다양화됨으로서 화재에 대한 위험성이 날로 증대되고 있는 실정이다. 특히 산업현장에서 원료로 사용하거나 제품으로 만들어진 물질들이 착화원이 없음에도 불구하고 자연발화가 원인이 되어 화재폭발을 일으키는 사고가 빈번하고 있다. 자연발화에 관한 연구는 국내외적으로 진행되고 있지만 다종의 물질에 대한 연구에는 대단히 미흡한 실정이다. 그러므로 본 연구는 5사업장에서 생산되고 있는 HPMC에 대하여 자연발화에 대한 현상을 구명하여 이를 사용하는 작업장 등에 있어서 화재, 폭발의 예방에 대한 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2000.06a
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• pp.108-114
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• 2000

정전기 방전 현상에 의해 발생하는 가연성 가스의 화재 및 폭발 재해는 공업화 사회에 있어서 방치될 수 없는 중요한 안전 문제로 대두되고 있다. 충전 시설은 첨단 산업화로 인해 상당 부분 개선이 이루어져있는 상태이나 관리적인 면에서는 안전 의식 부족과 정전기 관련 기준 미흡 등으로 인해 잠재적인 위험성이 항시 우려되고 있다. (중략)

• Bulletin of Korea Environmental Preservation Association
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• s.414
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• pp.15-18
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• 2014

사업장 대기오염방지시설의 사고사례를 분석해 보면, 대부분 설비특성의 불완전 이해 및 관리소홀 등에 의한 인재에 기인하고 있다. 앞서 언급하였듯이 현장에서 발생할 수 있는 집진장치의 화재나 폭발현상은 비정상적으로 운전하거나 부적절한 재질의 사용, 그리고 평소 집진기의 관리원칙 및 기준 등을 무시함으로 인해 발생하는 경우가 대부분이므로 평소 환경기술인과 현장관리자등에 대한 철저한 교육 및 지속적인 전문 보수교육을 필요로 한다.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.28-34
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• 2016

Empirical model, phenomenological model, and CFD model have been used to evaluate the blast effects produced by explosion of explosives, flammable gas and liquid or dust. TNT equivalence method which is one of empirical models has been widely used as it is simple. In this study, new peak overpressure-scaled distance and scaled impulse-scaled distance equations are induced through fitting data from the curves given by TNT equivalence method. If the TNT equivalent mass is calculated, it is possible to estimate the peak overpressure and impulse using the regression equations. Differences of peak overpressure with yield factor which is a component of TNT equivalence method are found to be great in near-by distances from explosion source where the increase in overpressure is very steep, but the differences are getting smaller as the distances increase.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.33-38
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• 2013

A study was carried out on the effect of particle size (mean diameter) on magnesium dust explosion. Experimental investigations were conducted in a 20-L explosion sphere, using 10 kJ chemical ignitors. Explosion tests were performed with three different dusts having mean diameter (38, 142, $567{\mu}m$) and the dust concentrations were up to $2250g/m^3$. The lower explosion limits(LEL) of magnesium dusts were about $30g/m^3$ at $38{\mu}m$ and $40g/m^3$ at $142{\mu}m$. LEL tended to increase with particle size and this means that the explosion probability of magnesium dust decreased with increase of particle size. The maximum explosion presssure ($P_m$) and $K_{st}$ (Explosion index) decreased with the increase of particle size. For magnesium powder of $567{\mu}m$, however, the explosive properties were not observed in the 5 kJ ignition energy.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.478-489
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• 2020

This study presents an analysis of infrasonic signals from two accidental explosions in Gwangyang city, Jeonnam Province, Korea, on December 24, 2019, recorded at 12 infrasound stations located 151-435 km away. Infrasound propagation refracted at an altitude of ~40 km owing to higher stratospheric wind in the NNW direction, resulting in favorable detection at stations in that direction. However, tropospheric phases were observed at stations located in the NE and E directions from the explosion site because of the strong west wind jet formed at ~10 km. The transmission losses on the propagation path were calculated using the effective sound velocity structure and parabolic equation modeling. Based on the losses, the observed signal amplitudes were corrected, and overpressures were estimated at the reference distance. From the overpressures, the source energy was evaluated through the overpressure-explosive charge relationship. The two explosions were found to have energies equivalent to 14 and 65 kg TNT, respectively. At the first explosion, a flying fragment forced by an explosive shock wave was observed in the air. The energy causing the flying fragment was estimated to be equivalent to 49 kg or less of TNT, obtained from the relationship between the fragment motion and overpressure. Our infrasound propagation modeling is available to constrain the source energy for remote explosions. To enhance the confidence in energy estimations, further studies are required to reflect the uncertainty of the atmospheric structure models on the estimations and to verify the relationships by various ground truth explosions.