• 한국안전학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.64-70
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• 2003

For the unconfined vapor cloud explosion(UVCE) accident by the continuous release of gas-liquid flow of various saturated liquids in a vessel at ground level, overpressures were estimated by TNT equivalency model with two estimation methods, such as UVCE I model based on a constant release time and UVCEII model based on a real travel time of vapor by dispersion and analyzed with various release conditions. As a simulation result the simple, easy, and correct method of evaluation of consequences of the UVCE accident was proposed by using consequences of UVCE I model and correlation equations for differences of overpressures between UVCE models, so that this evaluation method could be used easily in the small and medium size enterprises without using the dispersion model.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.60-64
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• 2006

카본블랙 제조공정에서 발생되는 부생가스의 폭발한계와 폭발특성을 연구하였다. 부생 가스의 75% 가량은 수분과 질소였으며 가연성 성분으로는 수소를 비롯한 메탄, 아세틸렌, 일산화탄소 등을 포함하고 있어 연료로 활용하고 있다. 부생 가스중의 가연성 가스 성분들에 의해 공정상에 폭발 및 연소의 위험이 있다. 실험결과 얻어진 폭발한계범위는 17.1%에서 70.7%였으며 르샤틀리에 법칙을 이용하여 예측한 값과는 상당한 차이가 있었다. 또한 폭발특성 실험 결과 폭발압력은 최대 $5.4kg/cm^2$이었고 평균 폭발압력 상승속도는 $39.2kg/cm^2/s$였다. 이러한 결과들은 부생 가스의 취급 및 이용에 따른 폭발이나 화재 사고시 공정과 시설 등에 치명적인 손상을 입힐 수 있으므로 가스폭발 방지 및 방호조치가 필요하다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2007

This paper analyses the effect of parameters on the consequences of the unconfined vapor cloud explosion accident (UVCE) by the release of heavy gas (xylene vapor). Simulation results showed that the overpresure was increased with the increase of the release hole diameter and with the decrease of the interested distance and the wind speed. While, the overpresure was not nearly affected by the release height, weather and environmental conditions. From the results of the consequence analysis and analysis of affecting the consequences of UVCE, the emergency plan should be established taking into account these parameters.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2007

This paper is estimation of structure damage caused by VCE(Vapor Cloud Explosion) in enclosure. As we estimate the influence of damage which occur at gas facility in factory. We can utilize the elementary data of safety distance. In this study, the influence of over-pressure caused by VCE in enclosure was calculated by using the Hopkinson's scaling law and the accident damage was estimated by applying the influence on the adjacent structure into the probit model. As a result of the damage estimation conducted by using the probit model, both the damage possibility of explosion overpressure to structures of 20 meters away and to glass bursting of 80 meters away was nearly zero in open space explosion.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2023

The registration rate of eco-friendly vehicles, such as hydrogen vehicles, is increasing rapidly, however, few first responders have experienced related accidents. Accident scenarios at hydrogen refueling stations and hydrogen vehicles on a road were investigated, and the relative importance of each scenario was analyzed using AHP analysis. Leakage, jet flame, and explosion that occurred inside and outside the hydrogen refueling station were reviewed, and the hydrogen gas explosion in the compartment showed the highest importance value. In case of the hydrogen vehicle, traffic accident statistics and actual accidents were used. It was analyzed that the hydrogen vessel explosion on the road due to the failure of TPRD and the leakage in the underground parking area were difficult to respond. The developed accident scenarios are expected to be used for first responder training.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2018

Dust explosions are occurring in a variety of industries. A dust explosion caused by a specific energy generates huge amount of energy in the ignition and releases decomposition gas. Damages can be increased since this released decomposition gas can cause second and subsequent explosions. In this study, the goal was to obtain practical information on what could affect the explosion by comparing the characteristics of two kinds of dusts with completely different chemical properties. Three kinds of dusts were measured and evaluated for explosion pressure, dust explosion index, explosion limit and minimum ignition energy. It is possible to grasp the characteristics of each dust and use it as useful accident prevention data in the production of raw material powder.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2022

Gas explosion accidents could cause a catastrophe. we need specialized and systematic accident investigation techniques to shed light on the cause and prevent similar accidents. In this study, we had performed LPG explosion simulation using AUTODYN which is the commercial explosion program and predicted the damage characteristics of the structures by LNG explosive power. In the first step, we could get LPG's physical and chemical explosion properties by calculation using TNT equivalency method. And then, by applying TNT equivalency value about the explosion limit concentration of LPG on the 2D-AUTODYN simulation, we could get the explosion pressure wave profiles (explosion pressure, explosion velocity, etc.). In the last step, we performed LPG explosion simulation by applying to the explosion pressure wave profiles as the input data on the 3D-AUTODYN simulation. As a result, we had performed analyzing of the explosion characteristics of LPG in accordance with concentration through the 3D-AUTODYN simulation in terms of the explosion pressure behavior and structure destruction and damage behavior. The analyses showed that the generated stresses of the structures were lower than the compressive strengths in cases 1(two lane) and 2(four lane), while the generated stress in case 3(six lane) was 8.68e3 kPa, which exceeded the compressive strength of 5.89e3 kPa.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제15권
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• pp.5-13
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• 1995

Natural gas, which is getting more important as a fuel, should be liquefied and shipped in a special tank. During transportation, a spill of liquefied natural gas(LNG) could occur by a collision or even an accident. As a result, violent explosion called the superheat-limit explosion(SLE) can take place in some cases, unexpectedly. Such explosion may result from the formation of a superheated liquid which has attained the superheat-limit temperature when hot(water) and cold(LNG) liquids come into contact. Natural gas mixtures can be considered as discrete light components plus continuous heavy fractions where several continuous distribution function can be adopted. This work is aiming at prediction of the superheat-limit explosion condition by suing continuous thermodynamics development of algorithm to predict.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.936-941
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• 2007

This paper is on the influence of gas explosion caused by Vapor Cloud Explosion(VCE). Also, it is to understand the influence of the booth for explosion experiment which is installed to let the trainees for legal education which is managed by IGTT(Institute or Gas Technology Training) know the riskiness of explosion. In this study, the influence of explosion shock wave caused by VCE in enclosure was calculated by using the Hopkinson's scaling law and the accident damage was estimated by applying the influence on the adjacent human into the probit model. As a result of the damage estimation conducted by using the probit model, both the damage possibility of explosion overpressure to human 8 meters away and that of shock wave to hurt 15 meters away showed nothing.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.47-51
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• 2006

LNG 시설은 타 시설에 비해 사용 안전성 측면에서 고려하여야 할 사항이 많다. LNG의 특성상 $-160^{\circ}C$의 초저온 상태에서 생산, 저장되며, 가연성 가스이므로 누설 시에 인근의 점화원에 의해 폭발할 수 있다. 그리고 LNG 생산 및 저장시설은 대량의 연료를 취급하므로 사고의 위험성과 영향력이 크다고 할 수 있다. 따라서 대량의 액화연료를 취급하는 LNG 기지는 엄격한 안전기준과 설계기준을 요구하고 있다. 제정된 기준은 많은 지식과 경험을 근간으로 발전되며, 사고빈도수가 많지 않은 LNG 시설과 관련해서, 건설 또는 운영 시에 발생한 사고사례는 중요한 정보를 제공하고 있다. 많은 인명을 앗아간 사례와 원인에 대한 평가는 소중한 자료임에 분명하다. 이에 본 조사에서는 외국의 LNG 생산기지의 사고사례를 조사하여 경향을 분석해 보았다.