• 한국안전학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.107-113
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• 1993

Small rectangular explosion chamber of its size 25cmX25cmX32cm with a circular bursting diaphram at the top was used to study the mechanism of gas explosion to fire transition phenomena, the process of ignition of solid combustibles during a gas explosion. To visulize the explosion to fire transition phenomena, transparent acryl window and high speed camera system were used. The test piece of solid combustible in this experiments was a 5cm$\times$5cm square sheet of newspaper which was placed in the explosion chamber filled with a LPG-air mixture. The mixture was ignited by an electric spark at the center of the chamber. Explosion to fire transition phenomena and the behavior of out flow and in flow of gas through the opening yielded by bursting the diaphram was visualized with shlieren system and without shlieren system. Diameter of a bursting dlaphram at the top of the explosion chamber was varied 5cm, 10cm, and 15cm, and the position of test piece were varied with 6 point. Explosion pressure was measured with strain type pressure transducer, and the weight difference of the test piece before and after each experimental run was measured. By comparing the weight difference of solid combustibles before and after the experiment and the behavior of out flow and inflow of gas after explosion, it was found that the possibility of ignition was depends on the LPG-air mixture concentration and the exposure period of test piece to the burnt gas. Test result of this experiments it was found that the main factor of this phenomena are that heat transfer to the test piece, and the pyrolysis reaction of test piece. Based on the results, the mechanism of the explosion to fire transition phenomena were inferred ; gas explosion- heat transfer to solid combustibiles ; pyrolysis reaction of solid combutibles : air inflow ; mixing of the pyroly gas with air ignition.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2003

일반적으로 발생하는 사고중의 가스폭발사고는 일정한 상태로의 혼합과정보다는 불균일하게 이루어진 상태로 폭발이 발생하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 불균일 상태에서의 불균일 농도에 의한 폭발현상을 실제 실내의 축소형으로 폭발통을 제작, 모형화하여 여러현상을 재현함으로서 실제 사고시의 폭발현상을 예측할 수 있었다. 그 결과, 어떤 공간에서 가스가 누출될 경우 내부의 가스의 혼합정도는 누출구의 크기 및 누출속도에 따라 영향을 받으며, 불균일 정도가 클수록 폭발압력 및 압력상승속도는 낮아지고 폭발압력은 감소하지만 화염의 체류시간이 증가하여 폭발화염의 복사열에 의한 폭발 후에는 화재의 위험성이 증가함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2007

The characteristics of auto-ignition and combustion process of a single droplet of emulsified fuel suspended in a high-temperature air chamber have been investigated experimentally with various droplet sizes, surrounding temperatures, and water contents. The used fuels was n-Decane and it was emulsified with varied water contents whose maximum is 30%. The high-speed camera has been adopted to measure the ignition delay and flame life time. It was also applied to observe micro-explosion behaviors. The increase of droplet size and chamber temperature cause the decrease of the ignition delay time and flame life-time. As the water contents increases, the ignition delay time increases and the micro-explosion behaviors are strengthened. The starting timings of micro-explosion and fuel puffing are compared for different droplet sizes and the amount of water contents.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.40-44
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• 2019

Experimental studies have been carried out to investigate characteristics of gas explosion using a multi layered water gel barrier in a vented explosion chamber. The chamber is consisted of 1600 mm in length, with a square cross-section of $100{\times}100mm^2$. The gel concentration of inner layer of MLWGB ranged from 10% to 90% with intervals of 10% by weight of gel. Displacement of the MLWGB was photographed with a measured using a high-speed video camera, and pressure development was measured using a data acquisition system. It was found that MLWGBs with 10 ~ 20% inner layer concentrations were ruptured during the explosions. As the concentrations of inner layer increased from 30% to 90%, the barriers were not ruptured. As the gel concentrations of the inner layer increased, the displacement increased toward the chamber exit and the pressure decreased for the ruptured barriers. It was found that the pressure attenuation obtained from the MLWGB was higher than that of the single water gel barrier. For the cases of non-ruptured barriers, the pressure inside the chamber less increased with increasing gel concentrations of the inner layer. It was also found that the displacement moved back into the chamber for non-ruptured MLWGBs, and it was sensitive to the gel concentrations.

• 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국화재소방학회 1997년도 International Symposium on Fire Science and Technology
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• pp.275-281
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• 1997

The destruction by accident is affected by the blast of explosion. However, there are few of research on the external effect of vented gas explosions. Therefore it is necessary to study the effect of vented explosion. This study aims to find the characteristics of gas explosion, and the effect of vented gas explosion. Using an explosion chamber, we obtained a LPG explosion characteristics according to the vent size and concentration. The result of experiment showed that the explosion pressure effect to external space was much stronger than inner space during the course of a gas explosion. And the external pressure become higher in explosion pressure as the vent diameter become smaller.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2006

The majority of both small and large-scale experiments on gas explosion have been carried out in the explosion instruments with cylindrical tubes of a high length/diameter ratio and vessels of a high height/length ratio, focusing on investigating the interaction between propagating flame and obstacles inside the tubes or vessels. The results revealed that there is a strong interaction between the propagating flame and turbulence formed after the flame passes the obstacle. However this paper focuses on analyzing the pressure impact or profile outside the vent in vented gas explosion in a partially confined chamber by performing gas explosion experiments in a reduced-scale experimental assembly properly constructed. This study has considered eight different cases in gas explosion based on variation of three kinds of parameters such as height of vessel, shape of the vent and vent size, and reveals that the large vessel with big size circle vent is more danger to the target than others because the overpressure is spread out faraway horizontally and vertically.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2012

폭발챔버에서 water gel barrier의 표면형상의 크기에 따른 폭발거동 특성을 조사하기 위하여 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 단면적 $100{\times}100\;mm^2$, 길이 1600 mm를 가지는 폭발챔버 그리고 점화원으로부터 각각 300 mm, 700 mm 및 1100 mm 떨어진 챔버 바닥면에 $100{\times}200\;mm^2$의 크기에 서로 다른 크기의 표면형상을 고려한 gel barrier를 설치할 수 있도록 제작하였다. 젤라틴 gel과 물을 혼합하여 4가지 크기의 표면형상을 가지는 water gel barrier를 제조하여 실험변수로 사용하였다. 폭발과정 동안 화염전파 과정을 가시화하기 위해 고속카메라 그리고 폭발압력 변화를 관찰하고자 압력획득시스템을 사용하였다. 실험결과, gel barrier의 표면형상의 크기가 커질수록 화염전파과정 및 최대 폭발압력 도달시간은 빠르게 진행되는 것으로 나타났으며, 화염속도 및 폭발압력 또한 증가하는 경향으로 나타났다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.70-77
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• 2012

Experimental investigations were performed to examine the characteristics of propagating flame fronts around multiple bars within a rectangular chamber. The explosion chamber is 400 mm in height, $700{\times}700mm^2$ in cross-section and has a large top-venting area, $A_v$, of $700{\times}210mm^2$. This results in a value of 0.44 for $A_v/V^{2/3}$ and a L/D value of 0.57. The multiple obstacles of length 700 mm with a blockage ratio of 30 % were placed within the chamber. Temporally resolved flame front images were recorded by a high speed video camera to investigate the interaction between the propagating flame and the obstacles. Results showed that the flame propagation speeds before the flame impinges onto the obstacle almost equal to the laminar burning velocity. As the propagating flame impinged on the obstacle, the central region of flame began to become concave, this resulted in the flame deceleration in the region. As the flame interacted with the modified flow filed generated behind the central obstacle, the probability density functions(PDFs) of the local flame displacement speed were extensively distributed toward higher speeds.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2013

높이/길이 비가 0.86을 가지는 폭발챔버 내에서 전파하는 화염과 서로 다른 형태의 다중 장애물 사이의 상호작용을 조사하기 위해 폭발실험을 수행하였다. 챔버 내에 장애물 형태는 삼각기둥, 사각기둥 및 원통형으로 변화시켰으며, 장애물의 blockage ratio는 0.43으로 하였다. 전파하는 화염과 장애물 형태에 따른 상호작용을 조사하기 위해 고속카메라를 사용하였으며, 고속카메라로 얻어진 화염 이미지로부터 장애물 주위의 국부 화염속도 및 그 화염속도의 확률밀도함수를 계산하였다. 실험결과, 장애물 형태가 삼각형이었을 때 국부 화염속도가 가장 높게, 원형에서는 가장 낮게 나타났으며, 장애물 후류에서의 국부 화염속도는 장애물 형태에 큰 의존성을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 전파하는 화염이 장애물 후류의 미연소가스의 유동과 상호작용할 때 국부 화염속도의 확률밀도함수는 화염속도가 높은 방향으로 광범위하게 분포되는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.62-69
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• 2023

화력발전소용 석탄에 대한 연소기술의 발전과 원가절감을 위해 저급탄의 사용량이 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 연소 시 수분에 의한 증발잠열 손실이 크고 탄을 저장하고 미분화하는 과정에서 자연발화와 분진의 폭발위험이 있다. 본 연구는 국내 D 발전사에서 채취한 석탄분진(coal powder)으로 Coal dust-fine, Coal dust-coarse, Wood pallet+organic dust 및 Wood chip 4종에 대한 최소폭발농도와 폭발강도를 비교 평가하였다. 석탄 분진의 최소폭발농도는 JIS Z 8818:2002에 따라 측정하였으며, 폭발강도는 Siwek 20 L Chamber Apparatus를 이용하여 ASTM E1226에 따라 실험을 실시하였다. 최소폭발농도 시험결과 coal dust-fine가 분진폭발 위험이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, wood chip의 분진농도 130 g/m³에서 폭발이 일어나므로 가장 낮은 분진농도에서 폭발의 위험이 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 분진폭발 등급 기준에 따르면 Kst가 200 bar m/s 이하로 모든 시료가 폭발등급 St 1등급에 해당되며, 폭발의 위험성이 약한 분진으로 평가되었다.