液化天然气(LNG)储运罐车泄漏应急处置技术与方法

当前,在液化天然气(LNG)日益被广泛应用的同时,LNG储运罐车安全问题已经日益突显,不断有LNG运输车辆在运输途中发生泄漏事故,LNG运输安全问题已越来越受到重视.但目前国内外还没有对此问题有系统和操作性强的应急处置技术与方法介绍.因此,从公众财产安全以及地区、能源可靠性的角度来看,对LNG泄漏应急处置技术进行研究分析是非常必要的.根据LNG的理化特性和LNG储运罐车性能,结合笔者参与或了解的有关成功处置案例,根据近几年我们的研究提出LNG储运罐车事故应急处置中的一些对策和措施.     

Computational fluid dynamics analysis of liquefied natural gas dispersion for risk assessment strategies

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations have been conducted for dense gas dispersion of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The simulations have taken into account the effects of gravity, time-dependent downwind and crosswind dispersion, and terrain. Experimental data from the Burro series field tests, and results from integral model (DEGADIS) have been used to assess the validity of simulation results, which were found to compare better with experimental data than the commonly used integral model DEGADIS. The average relative error in maximum downwind gas concentration between CFD predictions and experimental data was 19.62%.The validated CFD model was then used to perform risk assessment for most-likely-spill scenario at LNG stations as described in the standard of NFPA 59A (2009) “Standard for the Production, Storage and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas”. Simulations were conducted to calculate the gas dispersion behaviour in the presence of obstacles (dikes walls). Interestingly for spill at a higher elevation, e.g., tank top, the effect of impounding dikes on the affected area was minimal. However, the impoundment zone did affect the wind velocity field in general, and generated a swirl inside it, which then played an important function in confining the dispersion cloud inside the dike. For most cases, almost 75% of the dispersed vapour was retained inside the impoundment zone. The finding and analysis presented here will provide an important tool for designing LNG plant layout and site selection.     

高压管道天然气泄漏扩散过程的数值模拟

采用CFD模型的方法对高压管道内的天然气泄漏和扩散过程进行了数值模拟。其结果表明,从高压管道泄出的天然气在大气中主要表现为高速射流的泄漏过程和随后的扩散过程。在泄漏过程中,天然气在泄漏口附近为欠膨胀射流,整个泄漏过程具有一定的高度;在扩散过程中,天然气在浮力作用下以向上扩散的形式发展。研究了不同环境风速对扩散过程的影响,较大的风速可以使天然气向下风方向更远的距离扩散,从而增大了天然气爆炸危险浓度的范围。研究结果可     

水幕稀释罐区LNG泄漏扩散试验与模拟研究

为缓解液化天然气(LNG)泄漏事故后果,利用有色发烟剂模拟LNG泄漏扩散行为,研究水幕的关键参数,包括安装位置、安装高度等对罐区LNG泄漏云团稀释效果的影响,并采用计算流体力学(CFD)软件FLUENT验证试验结果。模拟结果与试验结果基本吻合,表明有色发烟剂试验能够定性模拟罐区LNG泄漏扩散及水幕稀释云团效果。水幕安装在储罐与泄漏源中间,并且安装高度高于云团2倍以上,能够有效稀释LNG云团,保护储罐安全。水幕稀释云团的主要物理机制是液滴与空气间动量交换抬升云团高度,形成的旋涡卷吸空气进入云团内部,加速云团稀释。     

CFD-based simulation of dense gas dispersion in presence of obstacles

Quantification of spatial and temporal concentration profiles of vapor clouds resulting from accidental loss of containment of toxic and/or flammable substances is of great importance as correct prediction of spatial and temporal profiles can not only help in designing mitigation/prevention equipment such as gas detection alarms and shutdown procedures but also help decide on modifications that may help prevent any escalation of the event.The most commonly used models - SLAB (Ermak, 1990), HEGADAS (Colenbrander, 1980), DEGADIS (Spicer & Havens, 1989), HGSYSTEM (Witlox & McFarlane, 1994), PHAST (DNV, 2007), ALOHA (EPA & NOAA, 2007), SCIPUFF (Sykes, Parker, Henn, & Chowdhury, 2007), TRACE (SAFER Systems, 2009), etc. - for simulation of dense gas dispersion consider the dispersion over a flat featureless plain and are unable to consider the effect of presence of obstacles in the path of dispersing medium. In this context, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been recognized as a potent tool for realistic estimation of consequence of accidental loss of containment because of its ability to take into account the effect of complex terrain and obstacles present in the path of dispersing fluid.The key to a successful application of CFD in dispersion simulation lies in the accuracy with which the effect of turbulence generated due to the presence of obstacles is assessed. Hence a correct choice of the most appropriate turbulence model is crucial to a successful implementation of CFD in the modeling and simulation of dispersion of toxic and/or flammable substances.In this paper an attempt has been made to employ CFD in the assessment of heavy gas dispersion in presence of obstacles. For this purpose several turbulence models were studied for simulating the experiments conducted earlier by Health and Safety Executive, (HSE) U.K. at Thorney Island, USA (Lees, 2005). From the various experiments done at that time, the findings of Trial 26 have been used by us to see which turbulence model enables the best fit of the CFD simulation with the actual findings. It is found that the realizable k-? model was the most apt and enabled the closest prediction of the actual findings in terms of spatial and temporal concentration profiles. It was also able to capture the phenomenon of gravity slumping associated with dense gas dispersion.     

城市地区毒气扩散事故数值模拟

在城市人口密集区域，一旦发生重大危险气体泄露事故，周围居民将处境危险。由于城市特殊的街道街谷影响，用普通的方法难以精确计算出场的时空分布，大涡模拟（Large Eddy Simulation）虽然较为精确，但对计算机计算能力要求较高。针对于此，可以通过一些方法，例如贴体网格分析、卫星遥感技术，局部网格加密技术，改进大涡模型的计算条件，考虑泄漏事故一旦发生时，道路、房屋、气候对于气体扩散的影响，对事故的致灾机理从动力学的角度进行研究。在箅例中，通过分析城市地区庙会时的一起事故．模拟气体扩散浓度的时空分布，得出城市地区各个地区的不同受灾程度。通过算例我们看到，数值模拟能够为进一步安全规划、灾害预防、应急反应提供决策支持．     

大型罐区油气扩散规律的CFD数值模拟研究

本文详细介绍了利用ANSYS公司CFX5．7软件模拟罐区油气扩散过程及其浓度分布规律,发现了罐壁、防火堤对油气浓度分布和流动的影响特征,认为使用CFD方法能够数值模拟重气扩散过程中的传热、传质、湍流等复杂物理现象,并且能够考虑复杂地形、建构筑物对流动规律的影响,具有很好的应用前景。     

高原山区城市重气泄漏扩散的风洞试验研究

进行重气泄漏扩散环境风洞试验,研究高原山区城市中重气泄漏扩散规律.结果表明,高原山区城市重气泄漏扩散存在1个危险风速,该风速下环境中重气浓度达到最大值,同时黏滞系数也达到最大值.通过多项式拟合可求出危险风速.当地年平均风速条件下,重气浓度随下风距离增加而减小,而在排放源下风向500 m外,随着距离的增加,重气浓度的变化趋缓;重气浓度在横风向上呈偏态分布;在垂直方向上随着高度的增加而减小,而高度超过20 m后重气浓度随高度的变化较小.     

城镇天然气管道泄漏原因分析

本文结合北京地区近来发生的天然气管道泄漏事故,通过对事故原因的分析,提出关于燃气管道安全对策建议措施.     

城市加气站液化石油气埋地储罐泄漏扩散模拟研究

分析城市加气站液化石油气(Liquefied Petroleum Gas,LPG)埋地储罐泄漏后LPG在砂土介质中渗流扩散的物理过程及特点,确定埋地储罐不同位置泄漏出现的物质流动状态,分析LPG在砂中传输过程中与砂、空气、水之间的传热、传质方式.采用LPG渗流扩散传热、传质多相混合数值模型,对某城市加气站LPG埋地储罐气相区发生泄漏事故在含水量不同的罐池中渗流扩散过程进行模拟,得到LPG饱和度、危险浓度、压力、流速等空间分布规律以及流动趋势、出口浓度变化,并对影响LPG流动的主要因素进行分析.模拟结果表明罐池出口位置对气体渗流扩散方向的影响大于储罐壁面形状和重力的影响;泄漏口和出口附近区域压力随距离下降梯度较大,中间压力下降较缓;储存压力是影响LPG在砂土介质渗流过程中压力的关键因素;在同一位置气体在非饱和砂中渗流的压力高于气体在干砂中的压力;存在砂土中的水有阻碍气体扩散的作用.     

液化石油气站储罐区火灾爆炸危险性分析与安全措施

选择具体的液化石油气储配站,分析了该站的危险特性、危险产生的途径及可能造成的后果。在没有任何防护措施的情况下,采用蒸气云爆炸和沸腾液体扩展蒸气云爆炸模型,对该站一个50m3储罐发生泄漏造成的火灾爆炸事故后果进行预测,得出火灾爆炸后的安全距离为大于211．0m。在储配站不能满足此安全距离的基础之上,从防止产生爆炸性气体环境、消除点火源和抑制事故扩大三方面来提出有效的安全措施,降低事故发生的概率及事故造成的损失。其中,站址选在全年最小频率风向的上风侧且周围空旷的地区,罐上设置液位计、压力表、温度计及可燃气体报警器可防止产生爆炸性气体环境;罐及管道设静电接地,法兰用铜线跨接,站内设警示标志可消除点火源;生产区与辅助区间设置隔离墙,罐区周围设置砖混围堤,罐上设安全阀可抑制火灾爆炸事故扩大。     

单室燃气火灾后果模拟研究

燃气泄漏着火是引发火灾的一个重要原因，其发展过程包括多相湍流流动、燃烧、传热多个分过程。本文将理想单室燃气泄漏火灾的传热传质过程采用CFD（Compulational Fluid Dynamics）方法进行了计算机模拟，对其发展规律及危害性进行了深入研究，得出了火场中的流场、泻度场及有害气体浓度场的分布，为定量研究火灾烟气流动过程以及建立不同危险等级的危险区域提出了依据和研究方法。     

障碍物地形条件下重气泄漏扩散实验的CFD模拟验证

重气泄漏扩散是一种危害性较大的多发事故,而一旦在人口密集区域发生泄漏事故,周围居民将处境危险。重气泄漏后一般沿地面扩散,而地形条件是影响其扩散行为的重要因素。本文利用计算流体力学方法(CFD)对Thorney Island Trial026实验条件进行了数值模拟,考察障碍物对气体扩散的影响并与实验结果进行对比。结果表明,模拟结果与实验数据的吻合性较好,证明CFD软件能够较准确地模拟障碍物地形条件下的重气扩散过程。     

含硫天然气净化厂硫化氢泄漏分析及对策

以川东北某含硫天然气净化厂为对象,通过分析该净化厂的处理工艺及可能造成泄漏的各种原因,确定了硫化氢泄漏危险较高的生产单元。通过工艺压力、流量、物料组分的比对,选取了脱硫单元原料气和硫磺回收单元酸性气作为模拟泄漏物料。对该厂所在地的气象条件和厂区的地形地貌进行了调查,净化厂当地近5年风速、云量统计表明低风速和多云为主导天气,将D1.5m/s作为模拟硫化氢泄漏扩散的典型气象条件。采用了美国石油学会(API)推荐地面粗糙度长度。运用PHAST软件计算了在典型气象条件下通过3种不同孔径泄漏1 min,5min和30min,形成的立即危及生命或健康(IDLH)范围。在典型气象条件下IDLH的下风向边界距离在41m至1190m范围内,以硫磺回收单元的大孔径泄漏为最远。以小孔泄漏为例模拟并讨论了风速、大气稳定度对硫化氢扩散的影响。为降低H2S泄漏风险提出了在线监测及联锁系统设置的要求,对避免和减少硫化氢中毒伤亡事故具有指导意义。     

A cascaded fuzzy-LOPA risk assessment model applied in natural gas industry

Natural gas plants demand high amount of energy provided through immense fuel gas units that may suffer risk hazards. Implementing a safety management system is the most efficient way of allocating resources for safety. This paper adopts The Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) risk Management associated with Fuzzy Logic methodology to prevent or limit industrial accidents. We provide an innovative cascaded fuzzy-LOPA model for certain hazardous scenarios and at different frequencies of occurrence. The introduced model is tested at moderate and high risk levels controlled in its practical limits through the use of Safety Integrity Functions (SIF). Obtained results show how this fuzzy-LOPA achieves better results to maintain the Safety Integrity Level (SIL) rating to acceptable limits.     

Risk management of cost consequences in natural gas transmission and distribution infrastructures

A critical aspect of risk management in energy systems is minimizing pipeline incidents that can potentially affect life, property and economic well-being. Risk measures and scenarios are developed in this paper in order to better understand how consequences of pipeline failures are linked to causes and other incident characteristics. An important risk measure for decision-makers in this field is the association between incident cause and cost consequences. Data from the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) on natural gas transmission and distribution pipeline incidents are used to analyze the association between various characteristics of the incidents and product loss cost and property damage cost. The data for natural gas transmission incidents are for the period 2002 through May 2009 and include 959 incidents. In the case of natural gas distribution incidents the data include 823 incidents that took place during the period 2004 through May 2009. A two-step approach is used in the statistical analyses to model the consequences and the costs associated with pipeline incidents. In the first step the probability that there is a nonzero consequence associated with an incident is estimated as a function of the characteristics of the incident. In the second step the magnitudes of the consequence measures, given that there is a nonzero outcome, are evaluated as a function of the characteristics of the incidents. It is found that the important characteristics of an incident for risk management can be quite different depending on whether the incident involves a transmission or distribution pipeline, and the type of cost consequence being modeled. The application of this methodology could allow decision-makers in the energy industry to construct scenarios to gain a better understanding of how cost consequence measures vary depending on factors such as incident cause and incident type.     

井喷点火过程天然气爆炸后果分析

井喷失控事故发生后，尽快点火是减少人员伤亡的最有效措施之一。然而，点火过程中一旦发生天然气爆炸，其可能的爆炸伤害范围、破坏范围以及是否在可接受风险范围，就成为决策能否点火的关键。本文应用蒸汽云爆炸的肿当量模型和冲击波峰值超压模型，提出了天然气井喷失控后，发生天然气爆炸的人员死亡区、重伤区和轻伤区的计算方法；假设井喷的天然气无阻流量，计算了可能的人员伤害范围，并对计算结果进行了分析。分析发现，在井喷失控后，最大限度地减少井喷失控时间，以及最大限度地防止天然气在某一区域的大量积聚，是减轻井喷失控天然气爆炸后果的最佳措施。