1. Consequence Analysis of Jet Fire Accidents Occurred in Salt Cavern Natural Gas Storage: Hazard Distance and its Influence Factors
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Hao Cai, Dong Jun Guo, Yin Ma, Zhi Long Chen, and Qi Lin Feng
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Engineering ,Jet (fluid) ,Natural gas storage ,Petroleum engineering ,Computer simulation ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,Environmental engineering ,Hazard ,Energy storage ,Natural gas ,Aloha ,Consequence analysis ,business - Abstract
Natural gas storages in salt caverns are receiving an increasingly important role in energy storage system of many countries. This study focuses on analyzing the consequence of jet fire associated with natural gas storages in salt caverns. A widely used software, ALOHA, was adopted as simulation tool. The reliability of ALOHA was validated by comparing the simulated results with the field data observed in real accidents and the values calculated by a simple model presented in a previous study. The China's first natural gas storage in salt cavern, Jintan natural gas storage, was selected for case study. The case study reveals that the hazard distance of jet fire decreased with the increase of pipeline length, as well as the decrease of pipeline diameter and operating pressure.
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- 2014
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