Explosion characteristics of hydrogen-air mixtures in a spherical vessel

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-223

  Jo, Young Do ^a   Crowl, Daniel A ^b  

^a Korea Gas Safety Corporation   (South Korea)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosion characteristics; Explosion model; Hydrogen

Indexed keywords

BURNING VELOCITY; BURNT GAS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; DEFLAGRATION INDEX; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPLOSION MODEL; EXPLOSION VESSEL; FLAME FRONT; FLAMMABLE LIMITS; GROWTH MODELS; HYDROGEN GAS; HYDROGEN-AIR MIXTURE; LAMINAR BURNING VELOCITY; MAXIMUM EXPLOSION PRESSURE; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MAXIMUM VALUES; PRESSURE INCREASE; SPHERICAL VESSELS; STOICHIOMETRIC CONCENTRATION; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL VALUES; TIME HISTORY; VESSEL WALLS;

EXPLOSIONS; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROGEN; MIXTURES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SPHERES; VELOCITY;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 77956722612     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10370     Document Type: Article

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