浮顶油罐密封圈惰化效果数值模拟

浮顶油罐一二次密封空间内的油气在遭遇到雷击时极有可能发生爆燃,通过往密封空间内冲入氮气,降低油气体积分数从而达到防火防爆的目的。为进一步研究油气惰化效果,利用CFD方法,建立了气体流动的几何模型,得出了不同条件下持续冲入氮气时空间内油气体积分数的变化。     

浮顶油罐密封圈油气分布数值模拟

浮顶油罐一二次密封空间内的油气在雷击作用下可导致起火事故。为研究浮顶油罐一二次密封空间内的油气浓度影响因素,利用CFD方法进行了数值模拟,并建立了浮顶油罐实验模型,检测一二次密封空间内不同位置处的油气体积分数,两者表征的油气浓度情况较吻合;借助该模拟方法进一步分析温度、风速和二次密封泄漏面积对浮顶油罐一二次密封空间内的油气浓度的影响,研究结果表明:①二次密封泄漏面积增加,密封空间内的油气浓度降低。②温度上升,一二次密封空间的油气浓度升高;当风速较高时,温度对油气浓度变化趋势的影响也更大。③风速增加时,空间内的油气分布差异变大,油气浓度最大值变大。     

浮顶油罐密封圈防爆机理研究

浮顶油罐一二次密封区间内的油气进入大气后不仅浪费资源,而且污染环境,倘若油罐遭遇雷击,可能会引起爆燃。通过数学建模对油气在密封空间内的分布进行了分析,得出简易公式;同时在实验室建立了浮顶罐模型,对密封空间内的油气进行检测,两者结果类似。在理论的基础上,提出一种新型的浮顶油罐密封圈防爆方式,与传统方式相比,既安全环保,又可带来一定的经济效益。     

储油条件下拱顶油罐的油气爆炸实验

为研究储油条件下拱顶油罐油气爆炸的发展过程,设计了中尺度拱顶油罐油气爆炸实验台架,并完成了储油条件下油罐油气爆炸试验。实验结果表明:储油条件下油气爆炸会导致罐顶破坏,超压发展分为多个阶段,并出现强烈的超压振荡和二次爆炸现象,最大超压由二次爆炸所产生;爆炸最大超压随着初始油气体积分数的降低而升高;在储油条件下,油罐油气爆炸后会诱导产生二次爆炸现象,第2次爆炸超压峰值和升压速率均远大于第1次爆炸的数值,且二次爆炸对外场的影响更加明显;火焰强度随时间的变化曲线具有2个明显的峰值,其形成原因分别为第1次爆炸和第2次爆炸。     

外浮顶油罐雷击路径打火与防护技术研究

近年来,大型外浮顶油罐屡遭雷击,发生油罐着火事故。从发生着火油罐看,这些油罐均按标准规范采取了油罐接地、浮盘安装接地连线、二次密封板安装了导电片等防雷措施,但仍出现了雷击油罐着火事故。从2009年开始建立大型外浮顶油罐雷电实验装置,并开展了实验研究。根据研究成果,论述了两个方面内容,一是阐述了大型外浮顶油罐遭雷击时的电流路线,电流在运动路径中产生的放电打火现象;二是阐述外浮顶油罐分路与分流技术,消除外浮顶油罐浮盘一二次密封闪络打火现象,避免一二次密封空腔闪爆着火。     

原油管道氮气抑爆实验研究

为了探究不同浓度下的氮气对管道受限空间内油气爆炸的影响作用，通过原油实验管道测得不同油气浓度下的最大爆炸压力值，研究氮气对原油管道爆炸特性的抑制作用。研究结果表明:实验原油管道油气浓度在4.32%~14.25%区间管道油气发生爆炸，在低油气浓度的爆炸区间内，相近油气浓度的爆炸压力等爆炸特性上升较快，高浓度的爆炸区间内，变化较缓慢，在9.23%的油气浓度时爆炸特性变化最明显；在爆炸区间内充入浓度为0%~30%的不同浓度的氮气，随原油管道内氮气浓度的扩充，实验所测得爆炸区间不断压缩，在26%的氮气浓度时几乎不发生油气爆炸，且实验研究的爆炸特性均有所减弱。     

狭长管道油气爆炸流场分布特征规律及分析

为研究狭长管道油气爆炸流场分布特征规律,搭建了狭长管道油气爆炸实验系统 ,并在狭长密闭管道中进行了油气爆炸实验。通过采集爆炸超压值和火焰强度值并进行 分析,得到以下结论:随着初始油气体积分数的增大,管道沿线最大爆炸超压值和升压 速率均呈现先增大后减小的趋势,在1.75%时达到最大,并且初始油气体积分数越接近 1.75%,升压速率增大越快;根据管道沿线最大超压分布规律可将初始油气体积分数分 为1.25%~1.55%、1.55%~2.20%、2.20%~2.65%3个部分;管道末端出现二次爆炸现象,爆 炸超压变化曲线可分为点火延迟、一次爆炸、二次爆炸、振荡衰减4个阶段;火焰持续 时间随油气体积分数的增加先下降后上升,油气体积分数为1.75%时火焰持续时间最短 。     

外浮顶罐油气混合区域风险分析

针对外浮顶罐油面下降到支撑柱以下工况时油气混合区域的火灾爆炸风险,构建爆炸三角形并结合数值模拟结果分析油气混合区域的爆炸危险性。结果表明:储罐横截面的油蒸气质量分数整体上在增加,罐壁附近质量分数较高,氧气质量分数变化不明显,中间区域分布稳定但不均匀;油气混合空间的爆炸危险区分布在油蒸气质量分数相对较低的区域,多集中于罐壁附近,分布位置随油气扩散未发生明显变化。区域风险分布特征可辅助预警探测器布点优化方案的设计。     

多元混合气体爆炸特性及惰化防爆研究

为了完善常见多元混合气体爆炸特性参数数据库,为安全工程师开展城镇燃气防爆管理、安全操作规程的制定及对废弃管道进行改造、拆除提供依据,采用理论和试验方法对CO2与N2两种惰性气体对液化石油气(LPG)爆炸特性参数的影响规律进行了研究,对比分析了两种惰化剂对LPG的抑爆效果。结果表明:LPG体积分数为4.0%、CO2体积分数为22%时,LPG可燃气退出爆炸区间,此时极限氧体积分数为15.54%;LPG体积分数为3.5%、N2体积分数为32%时,LPG可燃气退出爆炸区间,此时极限氧体积分数为13.545%;两种惰化剂对LPG爆炸特性的抑制规律基本相似,但CO2的抑制效果明显优于N2。当CO2和N2充入的体积分数均为20%时,最大爆炸压力到达时间分别由166 ms延长到1 222 ms和826.30 ms;两种惰化剂用量在体积分数大于10%之前,对最大爆炸压力到达时间的影响均较小,因此在工程应用中采用惰化方式抑爆,惰化剂充入的体积分数需高于10%。     

浮顶储罐二次密封油气空间放电分析

为避免浮顶储罐在遭受雷击时由于导电片设施在二次密封油气空间中放电引起密封圈火灾,在实验室建立了2 m直径油罐模型,开展导电片火花放电起始电流试验、导电片与罐壁形成空气间隙击穿放电初始电压试验,系统研究导电片在二次密封油气空间中的放电危险性。试验结果表明:导电片靠自身弹性与罐壁贴合时,雷电流大约在400 A时导电片开始产生点燃性火花放电;如导电片与罐壁贴合不良形成空气间隙,雷击情况下雷电流泄放瞬时浮顶与罐壁之间的电位差足以使一定大小的间隙击穿放电,当间隙大小为20~30 mm时,放电电压为26~40 kV。因此,储罐在遭受雷击时,导电片火花放电现象不可避免。结合储罐的实际运行情况,提出取消二次密封导电片、液下刮蜡器与浮顶进行可靠电气连接的改进措施,避免导电片在二次密封油气空间中放电发生,大大降低浮顶储罐雷击火灾事故。     

An experimental study of an LPG tank at low filling level heated by a remote wall fire

This paper describes an experimental study of 2300 L pressure vessels exposed to remote fire heating by a natural gas fuelled wall fire simulator. The tanks were filled to 15% capacity with commercial liquid propane. The flame intensity and distance were varied to study the effect of different heating levels on the tank and its lading.The fire simulator is first characterized with tests including fire thermocouples, radiative flux meters and thermal imaging. With the appropriate positioning of a target tank it is possible to get very realistic fire heat fluxes at the tank surface.Three tests were conducted with the 2300 L tanks filled to 15% capacity with propane. The tanks were positioned at three different distances from the wall fire resulting in measured average peak heat flux at the tank surfaces ranging between 24 and 43 kW m^?2. The data shows rapid rise in vapour space wall temperatures, significant temperature stratification in the vapour space, and moderate rate of pressure rise. These results provide excellent data for the validation of computer models used to predict the response of pressure vessels exposed to moderate heating from a remote fire.     

On the response of 500 gal propane tanks to a 25% engulfing fire

This paper presents detailed data on the thermal response of two 500 gal ASME code propane tanks that were 25% engulfed in a hydrocarbon fire. These tests were done as part of an overall test programme to study thermal protection systems for propane-filled railway tank-cars.

The fire was generated using an array of 25 liquid propane-fuelled burners. This provided a luminous fire that engulfed 25% of the tank surface on one side. The intent of these tests was to model a severe partially engulfing fire situation.

The paper presents data on the tank wall and lading temperatures and tank internal pressure. In the first test the wind reduced the fire heating and resulted in a late failure of the tank at 46 min. This tank failed catastrophically with a powerful boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion (BLEVE). In the other test, the fire heating was very severe and steady and this tank failed very quickly in 8 min as a finite rupture with massive two-phase jet release. The reasons for these different outcomes are discussed. The different failures provide a range of realistic outcomes for the subject tank and fire condition.     

Factors affecting vapour production in large scale evaporating liquid cascades

This paper presents a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of the evaporating liquid cascade produced in a large hydrocarbon storage tank overfilling incident. The model is first validated against the results of a unique series of full-scale experiments, in which liquid hexane was released from a 10 m high tower. Comparisons are presented for the temperature of both the liquid and vapour in the cascade, and the temperature of the vapour current. The validated model is then used to investigate the effects of different tank bund configurations, and the influence of an accumulating vapour layer on the vapour production process.     

Study on accidental fire at a large-scale floating-roof gasoline storage tank

For an accident involving a large-scale internal floating-roof tank with 28.4 m diameter and filled with 4600 m³ gasoline, the actual behavior of the gasoline fire and the fire-fighting strategies that were applied to it were analyzed in terms of the heat release rate, burning rate, and regression rate. During the accident, the initial fire suppression strategy failed and the gasoline was moved to an external tank. A total of 2800 m³ gasoline was burned for 17 h with a resulting heat release rate of 1475 MW. The long duration of the fire burning was attributed to the burning surface of the gasoline, which was not covered with foam at the beginning of the fire using the active foam fire-extinguishing system due to damage to one of the foam chambers. The average regression rate of the gasoline was 0.16 m/h after 8 h of burning and 0.35 m/h when the fire was completely suppressed.     

压缩空气泡沫灭火系统扑救浮顶储罐密封圈火灾的应用研究

分析了密封圈火灾过程及特点,建立了压缩空气泡沫灭火试验装置,参照10×10~4m~3浮顶储罐建立了20 m长的密封圈试验装置,以汽油为介质开展了多次泡沫灭火试验。试验结果表明:该压缩空气泡沫灭火试验装置可在30 s内完成灭火,泡沫混合液供给强度约14~19 L/(min·m~2),具有在大型浮顶储罐上应用的可能性。针对单台10×10~4m~3浮顶储罐浮盘密封圈灭火提出了工程应用方案,该储罐共需泡沫液量1200 L,分为4套压缩空气泡沫灭火装置均匀分布在浮盘边缘,浮盘密封圈火灾报警系统与该泡沫灭火装置联锁启动自动灭火,各套灭火装置的持续喷射时间约1 min。     

浮顶储罐弹簧式机械密封装置雷击危险性分析

针对大型浮顶储罐经常采用的弹性机械密封装置进行雷击危险性的理论分析和实验验证,明确此类弹性机械密封在雷击发生时存在的安全隐患,提出了建议措施,为大型浮顶储罐防雷击安全运行提供指导意义。     

Dispersion of the vapour cloud in the Buncefield Incident

Dispersion of the flammable vapour cloud in the 2005 Buncefield Incident is examined. Footage from security cameras around the site is analysed and the results from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of the vapour dispersion are presented. It is shown that the shape of the terrain and the presence of obstacles significantly affected the dispersion of vapour from the overflowing tank. The CFD model is shown to produce similar qualitative behaviour to that observed in the incident, both in terms of the arrival time of the vapour cloud and its final depth.     

不同气源压缩气体泡沫灭浮顶罐密封圈火灾性能比较

为评估不同气源压缩气体泡沫扑救浮顶罐密封圈火灾的有效性，通过足尺灭火试验，研究不同工况下压缩气体泡沫对浮顶罐密封圈火灾的灭火性能以及气源类型、挡雨板遮挡对灭火的影响。结果表明:在泡沫溶液供给强度为5 L/（min·m2）条件下，压缩氮气泡沫和压缩空气泡沫均可快速有效扑灭典型浮顶罐密封圈火灾，且灭火后不发生复燃；密封圈挡雨板对泡沫施加和灭火均有较大影响，不利于快速灭火；无论是否设置挡雨板，压缩氮气泡沫的灭火性能均比压缩空气泡沫略有提升，实际工程中有氮气源的场所建议直接采用已有供氮设备作为气源。研究结果对压缩气体泡沫系统工程设计以及在大型浮顶罐工程中的应用具有重要意义。     

浮盘密封圈的原油挥发及结构优化的研究

根据我国大型浮顶储罐的特点,分析浮盘密封圈内油气的形成和集聚过程,总结浮盘密封圈在运行中出现的问题;指出密封圈内的油气挥发是气液相动态平衡的过程,当前浮盘密封圈的主要缺陷是密封圈内油气空间较大和在运行中无法保证有效密封;消除密封圈内原油的气液相界面是抑制密封圈内原油挥发的根本,减少风、气温变化等外界因素对密封圈内原油挥发的影响是降低密封圈内油气浓度的关键;消除密封圈内部的油气空间、消除密封圈内可能存在的放电点、增强密封结构的稳定性是密封圈结构优化的主要途径。