Analysis of hazard areas associated with high-pressure natural-gas pipelines

The rupture of a high-pressure natural-gas pipeline can lead to outcomes that can pose a significant threat to people and property in the immediate vicinity of the failure location. The dominant hazards are thermal radiation from sustained fire and collapse of buildings from explosion inside or in a partially confined area enclosed by buildings. A simplified equation has been developed that relates the diameter, the operating pressure and the length of pipeline to the size of the affected area in the event of a full-bore rupture. The equation is based on release rate, gas jet and heat flux from fire to estimate the hazard area. Hazard area is directly proportional to the operating pressure raised to a half power, and to the pipeline diameter raised to five-fourths power, but inversely proportional to the pipeline length raised to a quarter power. The simplified equation will be a useful tool for safety management of high-pressur natural-gas pipelines.     

发电与高压输变电工程的工频电磁场现状及防护

通过对典型发电与高压输变电工程工频电磁场的现场检测,阐明了发电与高压输变电工程的工频电磁场现状.在此基础上,根据科学界关于极低频电磁场对人体短期和长期效应研究的明确结论,介绍了发电与高压输变电工程的工频电磁场暴露对人体健康的影响.同时,从卫生安全的角度提出了防止和减少工频电磁场影响的综合防护措施,其中包括:慎重选址,合理设计,适当个体防护和必要的警示标识.另外,扼要地介绍了工频电磁场的有关卫生标准和测量方法.     

城市溢流雨水的磁絮凝净化初步研究

采用磁絮凝方法处理城市溢流雨水,以自制的絮凝剂PSFS和磁种为原料做絮凝试验,研究了磁场、絮凝剂投加量、磁种投加量、废水pH等参数对絮凝效果的影响.实验结果表明,磁场可以改变絮凝剂的理化性质,增强絮凝剂的净水效果.通过实验确定了最佳实验条件,在场强为8000 Cs,磁种投加量为200mg/L,絮凝剂投加量为4 mL/L...     

气象因素对输变电线路电磁环境的影响

不考虑气象因素的输变电线路的电磁环境预测值与实际值之间有差距,探讨了温度、湿度、风等气象因素对输变电线路电磁环境的影响,并提出减缓措施。结果表明:温度上升,则电磁场强度及无线电干扰强度都会增强;高相对湿度下电磁场强度与湿度成正比,低湿度则无明显影响,湿度对无线电干扰的影响与线路电压有关;风使输电线发生偏移,改变空间电磁场强度。     

北京轨道交通工程地质灾害危险性预测评估——以昌平线(S2线)为例

基于区域地质、地震地质及地质灾害方面的资料,并结合详细的野外调查,采用定性、半定量的评估方法,对北京轨道交通昌平线(S2线)工程建设用地地质灾害危险性进行预测;工程项目可能引发或加剧及可能遭受的地质灾害类型主要有地面沉降、砂土液化、活动断裂、基坑边坡失稳、底板突水和桥梁地基失稳等,针对评估结果提出地质灾害防治对策,以期为该项目防灾减灾、应急救援及类似工程地质灾害危险性评估提供参考。     

A shell-based magnetic field model for magnetic proximity detection systems

Several magnetic proximity detection systems have been developed for mining vehicles and mobile machinery to protect nearby workers. Magnetic field generators are often used in these systems to establish magnetic fields around the equipment. A sensor worn by a worker provides a measurement of the magnetic flux density that is used to estimate the proximity to the machine. The proximity detection systems currently available for underground mining equipment are capable of identifying whether a worker is near the machine. However, it is a challenge for these systems to accurately locate the worker. Mining machines, which have fast-moving, articulated parts, present hazards that change depending on the situation at hand as well as the specific location of the worker. In addition, the dynamic nature and confined spaces of the mining environment often demand that the workers be close to the machinery. Therefore, in many cases, simply knowing the proximity of a worker may be inadequate. To provide the most effective protection, it would be advantageous to know the worker’s exact location relative to specific parts of the machine. To lay the foundation for measuring such a location, we have developed a shell-based model of the magnetic flux density distribution for a ferrite-cored generator. This paper will present an analysis of the model along with a model construction process. Also presented are the laboratory test results of a prototype system that implements this model to determine the exact location of a magnetic sensor using the fields from two generators.     

Whether power holders construe their power as responsibility or opportunity influences their tendency to take advice from others

Empirical evidence suggests that power elicits a generic tendency to disregard advice. We examined different responses power holders may show in their tendency to take advice depending on the construal of power. We report a field study and an experiment among managers and other powerful professionals (Studies 1 and 2) and an experiment in which participants were assigned to a powerful role (Study 3). Across studies, we found a higher tendency to take advice among those who construed their power as a responsibility rather than as an opportunity. This effect of the construal of power on advice taking was mediated by a heightened perceived value of advice, not by decreased confidence in own judgments or sense of power. Accordingly, the increase in advice taking when power was construed as a responsibility was observed regardless of whether the advice came from subordinates (Study 1), expert advisors (Study 2), or a less powerful teammate (Study 3). This highlights the relevance of considering how power holders construe their power in order to understand their tendency to take advice from others. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于三维GIS的火电厂应急救援决策支持系统研究

针对火电站事故灾害的应急救援工作、电厂应急预案制定的现状,提出基于三维GIS的火电厂应急救援决策支持系统,对火电厂区及周边环境进行虚拟现实仿真,实现对基础地图数据、应急资源数据、重大危险源及其相关属性数据的系统科学管理,以Web方式提供信息查询服务,实现重大危险源周边的三维仿真显示,预测事故影响及其后果,提供最佳路径及救援方案。该研究为火电站及有关部门实施远程应急救援决策提供科学依据。     

质子交换膜燃料电池电站多米诺事故概率和风险研究*

为探究氢能电站火灾爆炸事故发展规律,采用多米诺效应对电站进行事故概率和风险研究,建立氢能电站多米诺效应定量风险分析模型。基于设备受损概率模型与多米诺理论基础,提出氢能电站多米诺效应概率计算方法,并将方法运用到实际案例,结合SAFETI软件对具体多米诺事故场景进行定量计算。研究结果表明:氢能电站易发生多米诺事故,考虑一级多米诺效应后人员潜在死亡概率增加56%。研究结果可为制定氢能电站安全防控措施以及降低火灾爆炸事故对人员和设备的危害提供依据。     

磁场对厌氧活性污泥的生物活性影响研究

研究了磁场对厌氧活性污泥的生物活性影响.使用场强为0、100、200、300、400 GS的磁场对样品分别作用10 min, 同时加以搅拌,通过测量各样品的pH值、ORP、电导率等考察其活性.结果表明, 磁场对厌氧活性污泥的活性存在着影响,并存在最佳值范围.本实验中,磁场场强为200 GS左右时,厌氧活性污泥的活性被明显强化.     

Occupational exposure to power frequency fields in some electrical transformation stations in Romania.

The aim of this study is to investigate the levels of electric and magnetic power frequency fields at 8 electrical transformation stations in the North-East counties of Romania and to check their compliance with standards. Spot measurements were carried out on both electric and magnetic fields under overhead conductors of 110-, 220- and 380-kV installations. The magnetic field levels were several orders of magnitude below the reference level for occupational exposure set by ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation) or by Romanian regulations. In contrast, the electric field levels were about the same order of magnitude as the reference levels. In 2 electrical stations the reference level of 10 kV/m was exceeded at specific locations within the outdoor installations area. However, the additional reference level for short-time exposure included in Romanian regulations, 30 kV/m, was not exceeded.     

基于磁场理论的矿岩加载损伤破坏表征研究

充填体与围岩的相互力学作用,除了接触带表壁附近可以通过贴置电阻应变片的方式进行应变值测量外,接触面及接触带附近的损伤破坏情况不易监测。基于此,应用磁场理论,将磁粉加入到配比试样中,充磁之后进行加载试验。通过特斯拉计测量试样表壁在加载过程中的磁感应强度变化,建立由表及里的损伤破坏联系规律。试验结果表明:加了磁粉的配比试样,在加载过程中各监测点处的磁感应强度值变化明显,特别是在内部裂纹扩展至临空面处的磁感应强度几乎减小至0.2 mT以下;而试样在加载过程中,各监测点的磁感应强度值随着压密破坏而变化;在未破坏时,不同区域有较一致的随试样内部压密相应磁感应强度增大的变化规律,而在试样加载破坏后,不同监测点磁感应强度变化起伏较大。     

Propane-air mixture deflagration hazard with different ignition positions and restraints in large-scale venting chamber

In order to better assess the hazards of explosion accidents, propane-air mixture deflagrations were conducted in a large-scale straight rectangular chamber (with a cross-section of 1.5 m × 1.5 m, length of 10 m, and total volume of 22.5 m³). The effect of initial volume, ignition position, and initial restraints on the explosion characteristics of the propane-air mixtures was investigated. The explosion overpressure, flame propagation, and flame speed were obtained and the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software was used to simulate the flame-propagation process and field flow for auxiliary analysis. The hazards of large-scale propagation explosion under weak and strong constraints were evaluated and the different phases of flame propagation under weak and strong constraints were discriminated. Results indicate that the hazards caused by propane deflagration under weak constraint are mainly caused by flame spread. And the maximum overpressure under strong constraint appeared at the front part of the chamber under the large-scale condition, which is consistent with the previous small-scale test. Moreover, the simulations of flame structures under weak and strong constraint are in good agreement with experimental results, which furthers the understanding of large-scale propane deflagration under different initial conditions in large-scale spaces and provides basic data for three-dimensional CFD model improvement.     

电业火灾爆炸及其预防控制技术

指出了电力生产、传输、分配及使用过程中存在有火为爆炸危险性。了电业火灾爆炸的影响因素。结合电力工程实践,分析了电业火灾爆炸灾害的特点,综合了预防和控制电业火灾、爆炸灾害的技术和措施。     

Safety specialists in industry: Roles,constraints and opportunities

This paper comments on the slow and uneven occupational development of safety specialists in British industry. It provides an analysis of possible strategies for safety specialists by identifying three main areas of activity: processing and generating information, giving advice and participating in problem-solving, and taking direct action. These may be practised at each of the following five stages involved in the technical control of hazards: identification of hazards, assessment of risk, development of controls, implementation of controls and longer-term monitoring and adaptation. Hie position of specialists encountered in eight case studies in the chemical and related industries is then described. The third section advocates the role of the specialist as adviser and discusses the importance of line management assuming direct executive responsibility for the health and safety of those for whom they are directly responsible. The paper acknowledges some of the obstacles facing specialists who wish to develop a strong advisory and problem-solving function. It considers the specialists' access to the following sources of power and influence: managerial dependence on their expertise, patronage within the hierarchy, a direct controlling function, internal coalitions formed with representatives of the workforce, external coalition formed with the factory inspectorate, formal organizational position and their personal qualities of charm and leadership. Comments are made on how aspects of the organizational context and climate of opinion affect the specialists' access to these power sources and the final section of the paper considers the effect of different recruitment and career paths of the specialists themselves.     

重大危险源监测预警实用性平台的研究与实践

以正在实施中的"江苏省重大危险源监测预警中心"科技公共服务平台项目为背景,提出江苏省重大危险源监测预警的宏观框架建设构想;根据我国在安全生产领域强化重大危险源监管的总体要求,从深化、完善重大危险源监控体系建设出发,将重大危险源监督管理划分为两大体系,即基于网络化的固定重大危险源监控体系和基于GIS,GPS的移动重大危险源监控体系,以及配套的重大危险源装置检测与预警系统、事故原因鉴证与仿真系统、重大事故隐患整治系统;同时需要有相应的技术基础研究与重大危险源基础数据与重大事故隐患评估整治数据系统作为技术支持。该项研究与实践是落实"科学发展观"、以科学技术来支撑安全生产监管成效的重大举措,必将对江苏省和全国的安全生产事业产生积极影响并具有重大现实意义。     

充电式交流磁粉探伤仪的应用研究

本研究把锂电池的直流电转换为交流方波电来驱动磁探仪工作,这样得到一种全新的充电式磁粉探伤仪,它不需要外部接电、电磁转换效率高、可以连续工作、输出为交流磁场或交叉磁场、灵敏度高、安全可靠。它解决了现有磁粉探伤仪需要搭接长长的电缆、存在漏电危险、发热严重、不能连续工作等缺点。本研究将给磁粉探伤领域带来革命性的发展,并促进新标准的制定。     

Lithium ion battery energy storage systems (BESS) hazards

There has been an increase in the development and deployment of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in recent years. In particular, BESS using lithium-ion batteries have been prevalent, which is mainly due to their power density, performance, and economical aspects. BESS have been increasingly used in residential, commercial, industrial, and utility applications for peak shaving or grid support. As the number of installed systems is increasing, the industry has also been observing more field failures that resulted in fires and explosions. Lithium-ion batteries contain flammable electrolytes, which can create unique hazards when the battery cell becomes compromised and enters thermal runaway. The initiating event is frequently a short circuit which may be a result of overcharging, overheating, or mechanical abuse. During the exothermic reaction process (i.e., thermal runaway), large amounts of flammable and potentially toxic battery gas will be generated. The released gas largely contains hydrogen, which is highly flammable under a wide range of conditions. This may create an explosive atmosphere in the battery room or storage container. As a result, a number of the recent incidents resulted in significant consequences highlighting the difficulties on how to safely deal with the hazard. This paper identifies fire and explosion hazards that exist in commercial/industrial BESS applications and presents mitigation measures. Common threats, barriers, and consequences are conceptually shown and how they would be identified in a hazard mitigation analysis (HMA). Mitigation measures that can be implemented to reduce the risk of a fire or an explosion are discussed. The presented information is intended to provide practical information to professionals and authorities in this fairly new industry to assure that prevention and mitigation strategies can be effectively implemented and that the regulatory requirement of the HMA can be met.     

湘中地区恩口煤矿老采区复采的水害防治研究

湘中地区碳酸盐岩广泛分布,其中岩溶的发育受岩性、地貌、水文、构造运动等诸多因素的控制,主要分布在地下水排泄区,给煤炭资源的开发带来了严重水患。针对恩口煤矿水害问题,笔者在翔实的野外调查基础上,通过分析矿区水文地质条件、矿井水文地质特征;总结以往矿山防治水经验和教训;探讨今后老采区复采的防治水害方向和重点;认为壶天河的山口冲段、小碧河的西坪段、涟水河的杨家冲段等为重点防区,对河床铺底强度不可靠的部位应该重新加强铺底。     

Korean experience of process safety management (PSM) regulation for chemical industry

From the 1960s, Korean industries have been encouraged by the government to nurture heavy and chemical industry and to modernize the economics and industrial structures. The development of chemical industry particularly became the turning point in industrial development, and played a major role in the construction of a new industrialized country. However, the process systems in the chemical industry have become more complex and larger, and the inventories of dangerous chemicals that are produced or consumed have continuously increased. Therefore, the hazards from potential accidents such as fire and explosion or release of toxic chemicals have also increased. In fact, from the end of 1980s to the beginning of 1990s in Korea, a number of major industrial accidents such as ABS extruder explosion, TDI release and dryer explosion, etc. Occurred and caused many fatalities. As the chemical companies recognized the importance of preventing major hazards, PSM system, the prevention of major industrial accidents, was introduced in January 1995 by amending Industrial Safety and Health Act, and it has been enforced from January 1, 1996. According to the law, the business owner of a workplace with hazardous or dangerous equipment shall submit a process safety report to the Government to prevent any accidents, which could inflict an immediate damage on workers or on areas in the vicinity of the workplaces. As a result of PSM implementation for 19 years, chemical accident prevention system has been stabilized and various kinds of effectiveness and desirable customer satisfaction have been made.