Numerical and analytical prediction of pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks

© 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers This paper presents an extension of previous study on estimating the internal and external pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks. Unlike the small-medium scale explosion from cylindrical tanks in previous work, explosion pr...

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Main Authors: Li, Jingde, Hao, Hong
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 2019
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP130100919
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76332
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Hao, Hong
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description © 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers This paper presents an extension of previous study on estimating the internal and external pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks. Unlike the small-medium scale explosion from cylindrical tanks in previous work, explosion pressure and impulse from large-scale explosions are numerically and analytical investigated in this study. CFD simulations are conducted and validated by using experimental data. Sensitivity study on grid selection for large-scale explosion simulations is performed. By adopting two scale-up factors for the analytical correlations, the internal pressure and external pressure on adjacent tanks from vented gas explosion in a tank are accurately predicted. Parametric study of the effectiveness of separation gap between adjacent tanks on pressure and impulse mitigation is also carried out. Influences of the venting size, tank diameter and tank height on the effectiveness of separation distance for pressure and impulse mitigation from large-scale vented gas explosion in an adjacent tank are studied.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-763322021-05-18T02:48:10Z Numerical and analytical prediction of pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks Li, Jingde Hao, Hong Science & Technology Technology Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering Large-scale gas explosion Vented gas explosion External pressure Far field CFD Safe separation gap FLAME PROPAGATION AIR DEFLAGRATIONS OVERPRESSURES SIZE © 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers This paper presents an extension of previous study on estimating the internal and external pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks. Unlike the small-medium scale explosion from cylindrical tanks in previous work, explosion pressure and impulse from large-scale explosions are numerically and analytical investigated in this study. CFD simulations are conducted and validated by using experimental data. Sensitivity study on grid selection for large-scale explosion simulations is performed. By adopting two scale-up factors for the analytical correlations, the internal pressure and external pressure on adjacent tanks from vented gas explosion in a tank are accurately predicted. Parametric study of the effectiveness of separation gap between adjacent tanks on pressure and impulse mitigation is also carried out. Influences of the venting size, tank diameter and tank height on the effectiveness of separation distance for pressure and impulse mitigation from large-scale vented gas explosion in an adjacent tank are studied. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76332 10.1016/j.psep.2019.05.019 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP130100919 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL180100196 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Environmental
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
Large-scale gas explosion
Vented gas explosion
External pressure
Far field
CFD
Safe separation gap
FLAME PROPAGATION
AIR
DEFLAGRATIONS
OVERPRESSURES
SIZE
Li, Jingde
Hao, Hong
Numerical and analytical prediction of pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks
title Numerical and analytical prediction of pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks
title_full Numerical and analytical prediction of pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks
title_fullStr Numerical and analytical prediction of pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks
title_full_unstemmed Numerical and analytical prediction of pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks
title_short Numerical and analytical prediction of pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks
title_sort numerical and analytical prediction of pressure and impulse from vented gas explosion in large cylindrical tanks
topic Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Environmental
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
Large-scale gas explosion
Vented gas explosion
External pressure
Far field
CFD
Safe separation gap
FLAME PROPAGATION
AIR
DEFLAGRATIONS
OVERPRESSURES
SIZE
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP130100919
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP130100919
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76332