Case study of a natural gas explosion in Beijing, China

被引:31
作者
Ji, Tingchao [1 ]
Qian, Xinming [1 ,2 ]
Yuan, Mengqi [1 ]
Wang, Dan [1 ]
He, Jingjie [1 ]
Xu, Wei [3 ]
You, Qiuju [4 ]
机构
[1] Beijing Inst Technol, State Key Lab Explos Sci & Technol, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[2] Minist Ind & Informat Technol Peoples Republ Chin, Key Lab Hazardous Chem Accidents & Slope Disaster, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[3] Sinopec Res Inst Safety Engn, Qingdao 266000, Peoples R China
[4] Beijing Res Ctr Urban Syst Engn, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
基金
北京市自然科学基金;
关键词
Natural gas; Accident analysis; Leakage; Explosion; CFD simulation;
D O I
10.1016/j.jlp.2017.07.013
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
Pipelines have nowadays become a major transport mode in our society. At about13:23 on April 10, 2016, a natural gas explosion accident happened in Honglian south community of Haidian District in Beijing, China. One person was killed and 2 were injured in this accident. Because of the rupture of the pipeline during the excavation work, the natural gas leaked and explosive gas cloud was formed, leading to the gas explosion. The leaking parameters were calculated through basic theory. Based on the parameters, CFD software was used to rebuild the accident scene after the onsite investigation. The possibility of the formation of the explosive cloud was firstly confirmed through the leakage calculation. The results showed that the gas concentration in front of the building was flammable and the gas concentrated in the first floor were possible to form the explosive cloud. The explosion simulation was then performed. The results indicated that the natural gas of 9.5% (v/v) filled in about one third of the room was enough to bring about such damage. So protecting the gas transport pipeline from external interference is very important to prevent such explosion accident. Some lessons and recommendations were also concluded from this typical accident. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:401 / 410
页数:10
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