Dispersion and explosion characteristics of multi-phase fuel with different charge structure

Linghui Zeng, Zhongqi Wang*, Jiangyu Niu, Jianping Li

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Abstract

The fuel dispersion and explosion laws are important for safety design of fuel charge, concentration prediction of accidental release vapor cloud and prevention of fire and explosion accidents. The charge structure is an important factor in determining the fuel dispersion and explosion performance. Experiments and numerical simulations are carried out for cylindrical, square and fan-shaped charge structures. The dispersion process, concentration distribution, explosion overpressure, component reaction and safety radius of 11 kg solid-liquid-gas propylene oxide (PO) are obtained. The results show that square and fan-shaped structure have local enhancement effect. Compared with cylindrical structure, the dispersion distance of square at 0° and fan-shape at 45° increase by 10.13 % and 14.39 % respectively. The peak overpressure increased by 8.85 % and 4.73 %. At 4 m, the remaining fuel of the three structures is 39.13 %, 22.34 % and 17.20 %, respectively. The equivalent safety radius is 14.20 m, 14.80 m and 14.27 m respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1696-1710
Number of pages15
JournalProcess Safety and Environmental Protection
Volume191
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2024

Keywords

  • Charge structure
  • Fuel explosion
  • Multi-phase dispersion
  • Overpressure
  • Safety radius

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