Numerical simulation on explosion overpressure features of methane-air premixed gas at different concentrations in utility tunnels
by Shang-Qun Xie; De-Ying Li; Le-Duan Chen; Rui Zhou
International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC), Vol. 16, No. 1, 2019

Abstract: According to the structural features of utility tunnels, the origin and development process of combustion and explosion of premixed natural gas with the volume fraction of 5%, 7%, 9%, 11%, 13% and 15% was simulated by fluid dynamics software ANSYS-Fluent. The results showed that the evolution rules of the overpressure and overtemperature produced by the flame front were basically the same within the critical concentration range of methane explosion. Local pressure and temperature jumps in right of bottom edges were formed appearing at the maximum overpressure, which was affected by the combustion front and pressure waves together with reflected wave pressure. The combustion process in utility tunnels can be divided into four stages: rapid growth of combustion, steady development of combustion, combustion jump, and pressure and temperature oscillating retrenchment after burning. The simulated maximum overpressure is around 1.7 MPa and it is obtained under the conditions when the premixed gas concentration is 9% and 7%.

Online publication date: Mon, 21-Jan-2019

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