Explosion hazards related to hydrogen releases in nuclear facilities

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-18

  Taveau, Jérôme ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Explosion; FLACS; Hydrogen; Indoor; Nuclear

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL RELEASE; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES; CFD SOFTWARES; DANGEROUS SITUATIONS; EXPLOSION HAZARDS; EXPLOSION RISK; EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE; FLACS; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN JETS; HYDROGEN LEAK; HYDROGEN RELEASE; INDOOR; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; LEAK RATE; LOWER FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; MEAN VALUES; NUCLEAR; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PERFECT GAS; PERFECT MIXING; RECIRCULATION ZONES; RISK OF EXPLOSIONS; ROOM SIZE; ROUGH APPROXIMATIONS; SAFETY EQUIPMENTS; SIMULATION RESULT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; EXPLOSIONS; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RATING; RISK PERCEPTION;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 78650520024     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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