基于风险的液化烃罐区建筑物抗爆荷载评估方法

为合理确定液化烃罐区周边建筑物的抗爆设防荷载,有效进行抗爆设计和防护,建立1套系统的抗爆设防荷载定量评估方法。以某液化烃罐区建筑物为例,计算172个爆炸场景,获得4组累积爆炸频率曲线,基于风险控制标准确定抗爆设防荷载。结果表明:爆炸场景发生频率应包括初始泄漏频率、气象概率、泄漏方向概率和延迟爆炸概率;获得的爆炸超压-累积频率曲线是确定抗爆设防荷载的基础,在爆炸超压较低时,与爆炸源中心距离不同的4面墙体的超压累积频率曲线极为接近;随着爆炸超压的继续增大,累积发生频率的差异逐渐明显;液化烃罐区建筑物的抗爆设防荷载应同时满足2个准则,即万年1次的风险可接受准则和风险可接受范围内爆炸超压最大化准则;根据该准则确定的液化烃罐区附近建筑物东墙的爆炸冲击波峰值入射超压为44.6 kPa,正压作用时间为89.3 ms。     

爆炸载荷作用下矿井密闭墙损伤评估

为探究煤矿井下常见的典型砖墙密闭墙抗爆性能,采用ANSYS软件建立数值模型,研究爆炸冲击作用下密闭墙的损伤情况。首先,分析瓦斯爆炸的特点和其导致的冲击波压力在巷道内传播特性,预测冲击波的压力强度幅值;然后,建立密闭墙数值模型,设计并完成多种冲量及压力加载方式组合条件下对墙体的冲击模拟数值试验;最后,通过自定义的损伤变量及试验结果,绘制密闭墙的P-I曲线损伤图。结果表明:不同冲击组合方式下密闭墙受到的损伤状态差别较大,因现实中可能发生的瓦斯爆炸特征较为复杂,可以利用给出的密闭墙损伤临界线方程及P-I曲线损伤图,快速评估在其他爆炸冲击条件下墙体损伤状态。     

评价爆炸超压作用的一个新指标及其在一次型FAE中的应用

利用单自由度体系在爆炸载荷作用下的动力响应的数值解,提出了一个近似关系式,进而得到一个新评价指标△P0.742m i0.258 .同时给出了一次型FAE的TNT比当量的计算方法,分别以超压峰值△Pm和△P0.742m i0.258 为评价指标计算了某一次型FAE的TNT比当量,并进行了比较.结果表明,单纯以超压峰值为评价指标的TNT比当量结果低估了一次型FAE的超压作用.鉴于爆炸超压场测试仪器与技术已能够容易地准确测量超压峰值与比冲量,建议以△P0.742m i0.258 为一次型FAE的TNT比当量的评价指标.     

LPG球罐BLEVE过程中超压与热耦合效应模拟研究

为评估LPG球罐发生BLEVE过程中超压与热耦合效应对化工企业抗爆控制室和避难所选址的影响,采用TNO多能法数学模型计算冲击波超压,采用多源数学模型计算火球热辐射。编写MATLAB计算程序,并应用ANSYS模拟二者破坏效应的耦合作用。LPG球罐发生BLEVE过程中,爆炸冲击波的传播速度、持续时间和火球的传播速度、持续时间不同,爆炸冲击波主要在燃料高速抛散的初期形成,之后基本与火球脱离。分别模拟计算冲击波超压和火球热辐射对抗爆控制室和避难所的影响,结果表明：抗爆控制室选址只需考虑爆炸冲击波的影响;避难所选址需要考虑冲击波超压和火球热辐射作用双重影响。在研究基础上提出,LPG球罐附近人员逃生的避难所应设置在球罐防火堤外紧邻防火堤处的地下,应具有抗震、防渗、防火、防中毒窒息等功能。人员应在BLEVE发生前进入避难所才能逃生。     

公路隧道内氢气和丙烷爆炸数值模拟对比分析

通过FLUENT软件对化学计量浓度下的等热当量的氢气和丙烷在某公路隧道内的爆炸过程进行了数值模拟,对比分析了2者的反应速率和隧道内的压力场变化。结果表明:隧道内爆炸过程中氢气反应速率比丙烷的快,爆炸发生后50 ms内的平均反应速率是丙烷的7倍;氢气爆炸产生的超压较大,最大可达451 kPa,爆炸产生的压力波迅速传播,在隧道内上下来回反射,强度逐渐减弱;丙烷爆炸产生的压力波在隧道内整体表现为向上传播,在爆炸发生150 ms内强度逐渐增大。在此种情况下,2种气体的爆炸均能够对隧道内人员造成严重伤害。     

抑制爆炸技术的进展

在Geoff Lunn的粉尘爆炸的防止及保护试验中,有几项减弱爆炸破坏性作用的有效技术。 密闭——容器的强度足以抵抗其内部的爆炸压力。有两种这样类型的装置:①装置承受爆炸压力的能力能抵挡几次爆炸,而不会发生塑性变形;②爆炸压力及产生的振动、撞击等载荷,能使装置产生塑性变形,而不会破裂。     

氢气爆燃作用下核电站安全壳力学响应数值模拟分析

在核电站严重事故中,由氢气爆燃产生的压力载荷会危及安全壳完整性致其失效,进而造成放射性物质泄漏的严重危害。通过ANSYS/Fluent有限元数值模拟软件,建立了安全壳有限元模型,并对安全壳内氢气爆燃过程以及其力学特性进行了数值模拟研究,获得了氢气爆炸过程中的超压值、升压速率、安全壳变形以及压应力分布。结果表明:爆燃波传递引起压强升高,火焰阵面处压强最高,爆燃波所经区域超压疾速上升随后快速下降;爆燃作用下,顶部壳体和下部筒体连接区域混凝土位移最大,最大压应力也集中分布在该区域,最易受到破坏。获得的结论可为安全壳结构抗爆设计和安全性研究提供理论参考。     

典型LNG加气站泄漏事故模拟及探测覆盖率研究

为研究液化天然气(LNG)加气站发生泄漏后造成的事故后果及现有可燃气体探测器覆盖率是否满足要求,采用FLACS三维模拟软件模拟典型LNG加气站槽车及卸车管道、储罐、加气机单元,发生泄漏后火灾热辐射、爆炸超压造成的事故影响范围,评估现有可燃气体探测器对所发生泄漏的探测覆盖情况。研究结果表明：LNG槽车、LNG储罐发生50 mm泄漏,站房及加油区域靠近LNG储罐处热辐射可达25 kW/m²,辐射强度导致附近人员伤亡;LNG撬装及加油机附近最大爆炸超压超过20 kPa;通过可燃气体探测器覆盖率评估得出LNG加气站接卸软管向西、向南方向发生泄漏,无有效探测途径。     

偏心载荷作用下弯管组合段局部屈曲失效分析

为研究弯管组合段在复杂载荷作用下的屈曲行为,提出1种基于远场应变评估管道稳定性的方法,利用数值模拟方法,建立偏心载荷作用下弯管组合段有限元模型,确定临界屈曲状态下管道的极限载荷及应变状态,并研究内压、壁厚以及载荷分布对弯管组合段极限承载能力与极限应变能力的影响。研究结果表明：内压增加或壁厚减少都会降低管道的极限承载能力,均布载荷增加与非均布载荷减少会增强管道抵抗屈曲能力;距离褶皱中心为0.21D的远场应变可以作为管道临界屈曲应变,其极限压缩应变值为0.5%。研究结果可为复杂载荷下弯管组合段的稳定性评估提供参考。     

苯储罐区消防安全设计评价研究

依据苯储罐区危险特性及超压引起火灾爆炸模式的特点,通过实例,对苯储罐区的危险特性及事故后果进行了分析,得出在外界环境温度不同的条件下所对应的火灾爆炸模式;依据规范,对其消防安全设计现状进行了分析和评价。针对苯储罐区在不同温度条件下引发的火灾爆炸灾害模式,利用冲击波超压伤害准则、TNT当量法、蒸气云爆炸模型、池火灾事故后果模型和碎片抛射模型,定量分析评估了储罐内部空间爆炸性混合物超压爆炸和因爆炸引发的蒸气云爆炸、池火灾的事故后果及碎片抛射事故后果。结果表明:苯储罐区发生蒸气云爆炸产生的危害最大,死亡半径、重伤半径及轻伤半径分别为90.72 m、159.16 m、308.38 m;其次是池火灾,死亡半径、重伤半径及轻伤半径分别为74.25 m、103.12 m、132.16 m;当储罐碎片抛射概率为0.001时,3种充装水平事故罐对应的距离分别为60 m、30 m、40m;给出了设置大流量固定式消防冷却水系统、点火源最小能量控制、提高储罐减压泄爆的能力、增加防火堤内固定灭火设施和拦网等应进一步加强的消防安全措施。     

点火位置对独头巷道中瓦斯爆炸超压的影响

运用AutoReaGas爆炸仿真模拟器研究了独头巷道中点火位置对瓦斯爆炸后果的影响。结果表明,在本计算条件下,爆炸静态超压随着距离的增加而减小,爆炸动压随着距离的增大而增大,点火位置对爆炸后果有重要影响,点火位置离封闭端越近,各个测点上所得到的超压越大。     

综合管廊燃气舱燃气爆炸冲击波传播特征研究*

为研究综合管廊燃气舱燃气爆炸冲击波的传播特征,采用数值模拟方法研究首次超压峰值和首次流速峰值的变化规律,建立首次流速峰值与首次超压峰值和填充长度的耦合关系,分析不同填充长度情况下燃气爆炸后的超压和水平流速的变化规律。结果表明:燃气爆炸后,燃气舱内存在多个超压峰值,峰值间存在明显的时间差。冲击波到达各测点的时间与燃气填充长度成反比关系。水平流速曲线随着时间的变化以0为基点上下振荡,存在正向峰值和反向峰值。随着燃气填充长度的增加,流速下降趋势变快。首次超压峰值随传播距离的增加先增大后减小再增大,随着填充长度的增加,产生超压峰值最大值的位置由接近填充长度结束的位置转移到燃气舱封闭端。首次流速峰值随传播距离的增加先增大后减小。首次流速峰值与首次超压峰值呈现正比关系,通过拟合得到流速峰值与超压峰值及填充长度的耦合关系。研究结果可为燃气舱燃气爆炸后的流速分布研究以及燃气舱防火分区的设计提供参考。     

巷道中瓦斯爆炸诱导激波传播特性研究

利用AutoReaGas软件,数值模拟巷道中瓦斯浓度和火源对瓦斯爆炸传播的影响,其计算结果表明:爆炸静态超压随着传播距离的增加而减小,而爆炸动压随着传播距离的增加而增大;点火位置距离巷道封闭端越近,各测点得到的爆炸静态超压值越大;瓦斯浓度对爆炸峰值超压影响显著,当浓度为9.5%的氧化反应当量比浓度时,得到的最大峰值超压为70.95kPa,爆炸威力最大。     

Risk-based quantitative method for determining blast-resistant and defense loads of petrochemical buildings

Petrochemical buildings are usually distributed near chemical installations and have a high risk of explosion because of the concentration of people. In order to effectively design and protect buildings against explosion, it is needed to determine the blast-resistant and defense loads reasonably. Based on the theory of risk, a triangular pyramid explosion risk model was established in this study, which combined the overpressure p, duration t, and frequency f of the explosion scene at the same time. The first principle of “acceptable cumulative frequency” and the key principle of “maximum explosion risk” were formulated. According to this method, the explosion risk of eight leakage units with 10 groups of leakage hole size and three dangerous wind directions were obtained. According to the cumulative explosion frequency curve and the explosion risk curve, blast-resistant and defense loads of the four walls were determined quantitatively. Among the four walls, the explosion overpressure were 44.0–74.5 kPa, and the corresponding duration were 34.1–39.1 ms. The cumulative explosion frequency were 2.11E−5 to 8.58E−5 times annually. The explosion risk value were 3.64E−3 to 5.35E−3 kPa·ms annually. The results indicated that it was of great importance for the calculation of the explosion risk to reasonably divide the leakage unit and determine the leakage frequency. The explosion scene and its frequency, the volume of the obstructed region, and the distance of the explosion source were the key variables that affected the explosive load. The final blast-resistant and defense load values were found in the case of the middle hole size leakage. Blast-resistant and defense loads not only met the risk acceptance standard but also considered the overpressure and the duration of explosion. At present, they have been extensively applied in the blast-resistant design and engineering transformation of buildings in SINOPEC.     

挡气板对综合管廊燃气舱爆炸冲击波传播规律影响研究

为研究挡气板对综合管廊燃气舱爆炸冲击波传播影响规律,采用Fluent模拟软件,研究三维燃气舱模型中不同挡气板间距下燃气爆炸后超压变化规律,探究不同间距挡气板对抑制燃气舱内爆炸冲击波传播效果.结果表明:挡气板对燃气舱中部超压影响较小,对顶部超压变化影响较大,导致燃气舱顶部挡气板处超压峰值激增;当气体填充区长20 m,挡气...     

Consequence analysis by means of characteristic curves to determine the damage to humans from the detonation of explosive substances as a function of TNT equivalence

In a previous paper, the characteristic overpressure–impulse–distance curves for the detonation of explosive substances were presented. They allow the overpressure and impulse to be determined at each distance from the detonation. When combined with damage criteria (such as those shown by the Probit equations), the characteristic curves allow consequence analysis for this kind of explosion to be carried out in only one step, as the damage is shown in the same diagram as the overpressure, impulse and distance. In this paper, diagrams and equations are presented to determine the damage to humans (eardrum rupture, death due to displacement and skull fracture, death due to displacement and whole body impact, and death due to lung damage or lung haemorrhage).     

Research on different venting performance between flat and curved bursting panels

There is a noticeable discrepancy in the ability to control reduced explosion overpressure between flat bursting panels and curved bursting panels with the same static activation overpressure. Flat bursting plates were observed to leak at approximately 80% of the static activation overpressure lower than curved bursting plates. A new experimental technique is proposed in our paper. Three different vent areas of flat and curved bursting panels were tested, there was significant difference in structural stiffness between flat bursting panels and curved bursting panels, which is the reason the discrepancy in the ability to control reduced explosion overpressure. The structural stiffness of the flat bursting panels is poorer than that of the other, and a greater deformation of the flat bursting panels occurs under the same load. The membrane stress caused by the explosion overpressure therefore produces a larger value in the flat bursting panels which causes it to open prematurely. Moreover, the smaller the vent area that is, the more significant discrepancy in controlling the reduced explosion overpressure between both bursting panels is. This experimental and theoretical result in our paper provides some useful experience for the method of explosion venting.     

An overpressure-time history model of methane-air explosion in tunnel-shape space

This study investigated methane-air explosion in tunnel-shape space and developed an overpressure-time history model based on numerical results. The findings revealed that for the progressively vented gas explosion with movable steel obstacles in a 20 m long tunnel, the inner peak overpressure increased as the activation pressure of the tunnel top cover got higher but remained below 6 bar. However, as the activation pressure increased to 8 bar or higher, the peak inner overpressure remained unchanged. As the segment cover panel became wider, the peak pressure was almost unchanged, but the pressure duration and impulse declined significantly. The peak pressure and impulse increased as the tunnel length vary from 10 to 30 m. With fixed tunnel length, higher blast pressure but lower impulse was observed as the inner obstacles were closer or the activation pressure of obstacles was higher. It is also found that a local enlarged space in the tunnel enhanced the peak pressure significantly. An overpressure time history model for the tunnel with fixed top cover and enlarged end zone was established. The model considered activation pressure of vent cover, area and length of vent opening, methane concentration, number and blockage ratio of fixed obstacles was developed to calculate the overpressure and corresponding time at characteristic points of the pressure-history curve. The cubic Hermite interpolation algorithm and a specially tuned formula consisting of the power and exponential function were used to interpolate pressure values between characteristic points. The proposed model can predict both the peak pressure and the overpressure time history with acceptable accuracy.     

Influence of vacuum degree on the effect of gas explosion suppression by vacuum chamber

In order to study the influence of vacuum degree on gas explosion suppression by vacuum chamber, this study used the 0.2 mm thick polytetrafluoroethylene film as the diaphragm of vacuum chamber to carry out a series of experiments of gas explosion suppression by vacuum chamber with the vacuum degree from −0.01 MPa to −0.08 MPa. The experimental results show that: under the condition of any vacuum degree, vacuum chamber can effectively suppress the explosion flame and overpressure; as vacuum degree changes, the effect of gas explosion suppression using vacuum chamber is slightly different. Vacuum chamber has obvious influence on propagation characteristics of the explosion flame. After explosion flame passes by vacuum chamber, the flame signal weakens, the flame thickness becomes thicker, and the flame speed slows down. With the increase of the vacuum degree of vacuum chamber, the flame speed can be prevented from rising early by vacuum chamber. The higher the vacuum degree is, the more obviously the vacuum chamber attenuates the explosion overpressure, the smaller the average overpressure is, and the better effect of the gas explosion suppression is. Vacuum chamber can effectively weaken the explosion impulse under each vacuum degree. From the beginning of −0.01 MPa, the vacuum chamber can gradually weaken explosion impulse as the vacuum degree increases, and the effect of gas explosion suppression gradually becomes better. When the vacuum degree is greater than −0.04 MPa, the increase of vacuum degree can make the explosion overpressure decrease but have little influence on the explosion impulse. Therefore, the vacuum chamber has the preferable suppression effect with equal to or greater than −0.04 MPa vacuum degree.