Email this article Methods of Predicting Vapor Cloud Explosions in Enclosed Spaces
- Authors: Alexeev S.G.1,2, Poluyan L.V.1,3, Gur’ev E.S.1,3, Barbin N.M.2,4
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Affiliations:
- Science and Engineering Center “The Reliability and Safety of Large Systems and Machines”, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Ural State Fire Service Institute, Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief (EMERCOM)
- Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
- Ural State Agrarian University
- Issue: Vol 61, No 8 (2018)
- Pages: 312-317
- Section: Industrial Safety
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1068-364X/article/view/226470
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068364X18080021
- ID: 226470
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Abstract
For the example of 80 organic solvents, the method developed by the All-Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection (ARRIFP) and the Baker–Strehlow–Tang (BST) method for the prediction of vapor-cloud explosions (VCE) in enclosed spaces are compared, in terms of the specific safe volume of a building. A correlation is found between the results given by these methods. On introducing an energy correction (the ratio of the calorific value of the solvent to that of methane) and a correction factor of 1/4.47, the BST method (in the 2.5D configuration with low congestion) may be used to categorize production buildings in terms of explosion and fire safety.
About the authors
S. G. Alexeev
Science and Engineering Center “The Reliability and Safety of Large Systems and Machines”,Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ural State Fire Service Institute, Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations
and Disaster Relief (EMERCOM)
Author for correspondence.
Email: 3608113@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg; Yekaterinburg
L. V. Poluyan
Science and Engineering Center “The Reliability and Safety of Large Systems and Machines”,Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
Author for correspondence.
Email: ludmila.poluyan@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg; Yekaterinburg
E. S. Gur’ev
Science and Engineering Center “The Reliability and Safety of Large Systems and Machines”,Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
Author for correspondence.
Email: guryev.evgeny@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg; Yekaterinburg
N. M. Barbin
Ural State Fire Service Institute, Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergency Situationsand Disaster Relief (EMERCOM); Ural State Agrarian University
Author for correspondence.
Email: nmbarbin@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg; Yekaterinburg
