A comparison of hydrogen cloud explosion models and the study of the vulnerability of the damage caused by an explosion of H2

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1780-1790

  Lobato, Justo ^a   Cañizares, Pablo ^a   Rodrigo, Manuel A ^a   Sáez, Cristina ^a   Linares, José J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baker Strehlow Tang model; Consequence analysis; Probit units; TNO model; TNT model; UVCE

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIONS; FUEL CELLS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HYDROGEN FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VAPORS;

BAKER-STREHLOW-TANG MODEL; CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROBIT UNITS; TNO MODELS; TNT MODEL; UNCONFINED VAPOR CLOUD EXPLOSION (UVCE);

HYDROGEN;

EID: 33747219487     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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