HySafe SBEP-V20: Numerical studies of release experiments inside a naturally ventilated residential garage

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4747-4757

  Papanikolaou, E A ^a,b,e   Venetsanos, A G ^a   Heitsch, M ^b   Baraldi, D ^b   Huser, A ^c   Pujol, J ^c   Garcia, J ^d   Markatos, N ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b Institute for Energy Cleaner Energy Unit 1755 ZG   (Netherlands)

^c DNV GL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD; Experiments; Garage; Hydrogen safety; Natural ventilation; Release and dispersion simulations

Indexed keywords

ADREA-HF; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DISPERSION SIMULATIONS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FUEL CELL VEHICLES; HYDROGEN SAFETY; HYDROGEN-FUELLED; LEAK RATE; NATURAL VENTILATION; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PEAK POWER; RE NUMBERS; RELEASE EXPERIMENTS; SENSOR LOCATION; USER PRACTICES; WORK PACKAGES;

BENCHMARKING; BUILDINGS; COMBUSTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; DOORS; FUEL CELLS; GARAGES (PARKING); HELIUM; HYDROGEN; VENTS;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 77951137629     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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