Formation of flammable hydrogen-air clouds from hydrogen leakage

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 8428-8437

  Ramamurthi, K ^a   Bhadraiah, Karnam ^a   Murthy, S Srinivasa ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Hydrogen safety; Lean flammability limits

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHOKED FLOW; CLEAR SKY; DISPERSION ANALYSIS; FLAMMABLE CLOUD; GAUSSIAN DISPERSION MODELS; HYDROGEN LEAK; HYDROGEN LEAKAGE; HYDROGEN SAFETY; LEAKAGE AREA; LEAN FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW VELOCITIES; OPEN ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; STORAGE VESSEL; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; UPPER LIMITS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DISPERSIONS; FLAMMABILITY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70349217926     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.07.104     Document Type: Article

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