Title of article
A Consequence Analysis of the Explosion of Spherical Tanks Containing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Author/Authors
Zareei ، Hadi - Petroleum University of Technology , Khosravi Nikou ، Mohammadreza - Petroleum University of Technology , Shariati ، Ahmad - Petroleum University of Technology
Pages
13
From page
32
To page
44
Abstract
A consequence analysis was performed in one of the gas refineries in Iran to investigate the risks andpotential losses resulted from accidents. Specifically, the consequences of an explosion in LPGspherical tanks were modeled using PHAST and MATLAB software. In this paper, three methods ofcalculation of PHAST software TNT, multienergy, and BST were used. The results showed thatmulti energy method is the best method to evaluate overpressure. It was 0.150 bar and 0.159 bar in adistance of 1000 m far from the blast using PHAST and MATLAB respectively. This overpressurecan damage a wall with 30 cm thickness. It also affects the human threshold (1%) ruptured eardrum.Finally, it was found that 100% lethality in a minute happened at 285.5 m and 37.5 kW/m2 when theexplosion happened.
Keywords
Consequence Modeling , Overpressure , LPG , Explosion
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Oil and Gas Science and Technology
Serial Year
2016
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Oil and Gas Science and Technology
Record number
2449866
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