Rethinking the physics of a large-scale vented explosion and its mitigation

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 84, Issue 1 B, 2006, Pages 33-39

  Molkov, V V ^a   Makarov, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherent deflagrations; Explosion mitigation; Large eddy simulation; Vented explosion

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

COHERENT DEFLAGRATIONS; EXPLOSION MITIGATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); RENORMALIZATION GROUP (RNG); VENTED EXPLOSION;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 33644613066     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/psep.04232     Document Type: Article

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