Hydrogen explosion and detonation mitigation by water sprays: A mini review

Y Xu, H Zhang - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Hydrogen, as a promising energy vector, can cause an explosion or even a detonation due
to its unique physical and chemical properties. Water spray is an ideal mitigant for …

AIP conference proceedings

AL Zolkin, VD Munister, AV Yumashev, MV Mikhailova… - 2023‏ - elibrary.ru
The article offers several variants of genetic algorithms, which are investigated using the
Rastrygin, Svedefel, Grivenko functions. The developed software is used to visualize the …

Semi-confined layered kerosene/air two-phase detonations bounded by nitrogen gas

F Wang, C Weng, H Zhang - Combustion and Flame, 2023‏ - Elsevier
A two-dimensional numerical study is conducted on the semi-confined cellular detonations
propagating through a layer of two-phase kerosene/air reactant bounded by an inert gas. By …

[PDF][PDF] A universal parameter quantifying explosion hazards, detonability and hot spot formation: the χ number

MI Radulescu, GJ Sharpe… - ISFEH7 Proceedings of the …, 2013‏ - researchgate.net
The present review investigates the physical significance of the χ parameter introduced
earlier by the authors, defined as the product of the ratio of characteristic induction and …

On the role of transverse detonation waves in the re-establishment of attenuated detonations in methane–oxygen

G Floring, M Peswani, B Maxwell - Combustion and Flame, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This investigation concerns the problem of detonation attenuation in stoichiometric methane-
oxygen and its re-establishment following its interaction with obstacles, using high resolution …

Effect of acoustically absorbing wall tubes on the near-limit detonation propagation behaviors in a methane–oxygen mixture

B Zhang, H Liu, B Yan - Fuel, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Methane (CH 4) is the main component of natural gas and produces less carbon dioxide for
each unit of heat released and more heat per unit mass than other hydrocarbon fuels, and it …

A detonation paradox: Why inviscid detonation simulations predict the incorrect trend for the role of instability in gaseous cellular detonations?

MI Radulescu - Combustion and Flame, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Experiments conducted over the past several decades have shown that the cellular structure
of detonations is responsible for enhancing the detonability of gaseous detonations in the …

A simple predictive three-step chemical model for gaseous stoichiometric hydrogen–oxygen detonation quenching

H Watanabe, S Taileb, F Veiga-López… - Combustion and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Two types of three-step chain-branching kinetics for gaseous hydrogen–oxygen detonation
quenching are proposed. The reaction rates dependency on density and pressure, as well …

[HTML][HTML] On the nature of transverse waves in marginal hydrogen detonation simulations using boundary layer loss modeling and detailed chemistry

J Smith, C Schmitt, Q **ao, B Maxwell - Combustion and Flame, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Historically, it has been a challenge to simulate the experimentally observed cellular
structures and marginal behavior of multi-dimensional, thin-channel hydrogen detonations …

Detonation wave diffraction in stoichiometric C2H4/O2 mixtures using a global four-step combustion model

M Peswani, B Maxwell - Physics of Fluids, 2022‏ - pubs.aip.org
In this study, we revisit the problem of detonation diffraction in mildly irregular ethylene–
oxygen mixtures using high resolution numerical simulations. In particular, we focus on the …