Effects of premixed methane concentration on distribution of flame region and hazard effects in a tube and a tunnel gas explosion |
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| Institution: | 1. Flame & Explosion Laboratory, CSIR – Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Dhanbad 826015, India;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad 826004, India;3. Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad 826004, India;1. State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;2. School of Safety Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China;1. College of Safety Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao 125105, Liaoning, PR China;2. Key Laboratory of Mine Thermo-motive Disaster and Prevention, Ministry of Education, Huludao 125105, Liaoning, PR China;3. School of Safety Science & Engineering, Xi’an Universitccy of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, Shaanxi, PR China;1. School of Safety Science and Emergency Management, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China;2. School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, 222005, China |
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| Abstract: | Study of flame distribution laws and the hazard effects in a tunnel gas explosion accident is of great importance for safety issue. However, it has not yet been fully explored. The object of present work is mainly to study the effects of premixed gas concentration on the distribution law of the flame region and the hazard effects involving methane-air explosion in a tube and a tunnel based on experimental and numerical results. The experiments were conducted in a tube with one end closed and the other open. The tube was partially filled with premixed methane-air mixture with six different premixed methane concentrations. Major simulation works were performed in a full-scale tunnel with a length of 1000 m. The first 56 m of the tunnel were occupied by methane–air mixture. Results show that the flame region is always longer than the original gas region in any case. Concentration has significant effects on the flame region distribution and the explosion behaviors. In the tube, peak overpressures and maximum rates of overpressure rise (dp/dt)max for mixtures with lower and higher concentrations are great lower than that for mixtures close to stoichiometric concentration. Due to the gas diffusion effect, not the stoichiometric mixture but the mixture with a slightly higher concentration of 11% gets the highest peak overpressure and the shock wave speed along the tube. In the full-scale tunnel, for fuel lean and stoichiometric mixture, the maximum peak combustion rates is achieved before arriving at the boundary of the original methane accumulation region, while for fuel rich mixture, the maximum value appears beyond the region. It is also found that the flame region for the case of stoichiometric mixture is the shortest as 72 m since the higher explosion intensity shortens the gas diffusion time. The case for concentration of 13% can reach up to a longest value of 128 m for longer diffusion time and the abundant fuel. The “serious injury and death” zone caused by shock wave may reach up to 3–8 times of the length of the original methane occupied region, which is the widest damage region. |
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| Keywords: | Gas explosion Methane concentration Flame region Shock wave Experimental and numerical approach |
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