Modeling heat transfer and pressure build-up in LPG vessels exposed to fires

Landucci, Gabriele; D'Aulisa, Arianna; Tugnoli, Alessandro; Cozzani, Valerio; Birk, A. M.

doi:10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2016.01.002

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“…Another interesting example of the applicability of CFD modeling to chemical engineering, is the analysis of the pressure and temperature evolution profiles during the undesired scenario of a fire in a LPG vessel (Landucci et al, 2016). In this work, the fluid was considered as a real gas and consequently, the Peng Robinson equation was programmed and implemented via a "C" language subroutine.…”

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CFD–Aspen Plus interconnection method. Improving thermodynamic modeling in computational fluid dynamic simulations

Vaquerizo

Cocero

2018

Computers & Chemical Engineering

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CFD–Aspen Plus interconnection method. Improving thermodynamic modeling in computational fluid dynamic simulations

Vaquerizo

Cocero

2018

Computers & Chemical Engineering

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“…Fireproofing protection (FPP) is analyzed as a reference passive fire protection. Fireproofing is applied on process vessels in order to reduce the incoming heat flux due to external fire, and consequently to mitigate the vessel heat-up and avoid the catastrophic failure [34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. Regarding active barriers, two types of active protections are considered: i) active protections aimed at suppressing the fire such as water/foam sprinklers mounted on atmospheric tanks; ii) active protections aimed at isolating process unit using, for example, emergency shut down (ESD) systems or to depressurize them using emergency blow down (EBD) and emergency drainage (ED) systems.…”

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Application of dynamic Bayesian network to performance assessment of fire protection systems during domino effects

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Reniers

2017

Reliability Engineering & System Safety

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The propagation of fire in chemical plants â\u80\u93 also known as fire domino effects - largely depends on the performance of add-on passive and active protection systems such as sprinkler systems, water deluge systems, emergency shut down and emergency blow down systems, fireproofing, and emergency response. Although such safety barriers are widely employed to prevent or delay the initiation or escalation of fire domino effects, their inclusion in the modeling and risk assessment of fire domino effects has hardly been taken into account. In the present study, the dynamic evolution of fire protection systems has been investigated qualitatively using event tree analysis. To quantify the temporal changes and their impact on the escalation of fire domino effects, a dynamic Bayesian network methodology has been developed. The application of the methodology has been demonstrated using an illustrative case study, considering a variety of fire scenarios, target installations, and firefighting systems

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“…In recent years, more detailed models for the simulation of LPG vessels exposed to fire were developed, based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD). However, in the studies presented by (Bi et al, 2011;D'Aulisa et al, 2014aD'Aulisa et al, , 2014bLanducci et al, 2016), the simulation set up considered only full engulfment conditions, and the possible transient evolution of fire scenario was not systematically considered. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that hydrocarbon flames (such as pool fires, jet fires, flares, etc.)…”

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Experimental and numerical study of the behavior of LPG tanks exposed to wildland fires

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Landucci

Heymes

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Process Safety and Environmental Protection

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The safety of small and medium LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) storage tanks in civil and industrial facilities when affected by forest fires in the framework of Wildland-Urban Inter-face (WUI) was investigated. Large scale experimental tests were carried to characterize the behavior of LPG tanks in case of distant source radiation caused by forest fires. A data set was obtained and used for the validation of a dedicated two-dimensional computational fluid dynamic (2D CFD) model for the analysis of pressure build-up in vessels exposed to different types of transient heat radiation, featuring different geometry types and operat-ing conditions. The combined experimental and numerical analysis allowed determining the critical exposure conditions for LPG vessels. Specific key performance indicators were defined and calculated on the basis of 2D CFD simulation results in order to derive conser-vative indications on failure conditions of LPG storage vessels induced by forest fires.

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Modeling heat transfer and pressure build-up in LPG vessels exposed to fires

Cited by 34 publications

References 46 publications

CFD–Aspen Plus interconnection method. Improving thermodynamic modeling in computational fluid dynamic simulations

CFD–Aspen Plus interconnection method. Improving thermodynamic modeling in computational fluid dynamic simulations

Application of dynamic Bayesian network to performance assessment of fire protection systems during domino effects

Experimental and numerical study of the behavior of LPG tanks exposed to wildland fires

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