CFD calculations of gas leak dispersion and subsequent gas explosions: Validation against ignited impinging hydrogen jet experiments

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 84-94

  Middha, Prankul ^a   Hansen, Olav R ^a   Grune, Joachim ^b   Kotchourko, Alexei ^c  

^a GEXCON AS   (Norway)

^b ProScience   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD; Dispersion; Explosion; Hydrogen; Impinging jets; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; BLIND PREDICTIONS; CFD; CFD SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS EXPLOSIONS; GAS LEAKS; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; HYDROGEN JETS; HYDROGEN RELEASE; IGNITION POINTS; IGNITION POSITION; IMPINGING JET; IMPINGING JETS; OVER-PRESSURES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PRESSURE LEVEL; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; RELEASE RATE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTS; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; GAS DYNAMICS; HYDROGEN; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

RISK ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEN;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENT; EXPLOSION; HYDROGEN; JET; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; EXPLOSION; GAS; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIONS; GASES; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRY; KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PETROLEUM; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77952389229     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.02.061     Document Type: Article

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