Journal
ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS
Volume 139, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2022.106448
Keywords
Accident investigation; CFD modeling; Gas explosion; Hazard assessment; Failure analysis
Funding
- National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China [52202012]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51834007]
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This study investigates a typical natural gas leakage and explosion accident, providing a detailed analysis of the accident process and causes. The findings offer scientific guidance for the investigation and evaluation of explosion effects in similar accidents.
In recent years, there have been frequent gas explosion accidents in China. On October 21, 2021, a gas explosion occurred in Northeast China, resulting in 5 deaths and 52 injuries. To further improve accident investigation theories and methods, with the help of key accident investigation technologies, this study carried out traceability, investigation, and failure analyses regarding the above-mentioned typical natural gas leakage and explosion. The investigation showed that natural gas leaked from a gas pipeline almost filled the entire accident building within 3 h and 25 min and the gas concentration was between 7 and 9 vol% before the accident. An electric spark generated by the action button of a refrigerator was the key ignition factor. The peak explosion overpressure near the ignition was 57 kPa and peak temperature reached 1620 K. The outdoor explosion venting overpressure less than 30 kPa, but the venting airflow velocity exceeded 90 m/s, with many items and fragments thrown outside, resulting in three deaths and many injuries. In addition, based on calculations of gas concentration and diffusion volume, the total amount of natural gas leakage in the accident reached 150 m(3). Based on the TNT equivalent method, the TNT explosion equivalent of the accident was 80 kg. These investigation results ideally restored the entire explosion accident process and the research methods and failure analysis ideas developed here will provide scientific guidance for the investigation of such accidents and evaluation of explosion effects.
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