Review on hydrogen safety issues: Incident statistics, hydrogen diffusion, and detonation process

F Yang, T Wang, X Deng, J Dang, Z Huang… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development and application of hydrogen energy in power generation, automobiles,
and energy storage industries are expected to effectively solve the problems of energy …

Premixed flame propagation in hydrogen explosions

H **ao, Q Duan, J Sun - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrogen as an energy carrier is a very promising alternative fuel in the future. Accidental
hydrogen explosions remain one of the major concerns in hydrogen energy utilization and …

Flame acceleration and deflagration-to-detonation transition in hydrogen-air mixture in a channel with an array of obstacles of different shapes

H **ao, ES Oran - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations were conducted to study the flame acceleration and deflagration-to-
detonation transition (DDT) in a channel with a bank of aligned obstacles. The …

Experimental and numerical studies on the explosion severities of coal dust/air mixtures in a 20-L spherical vessel

W Cao, Q Qin, W Cao, Y Lan, T Chen, S Xu, X Cao - Powder technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Severity parameters are critical for safety management and risk assessment of coal dust
explosions. We evaluated explosion severity parameters using a 20-L spherical vessel and …

Effect of hydrogen concentration on the vented explosion of hydrogen–air mixtures in a 5-m-long duct

K Zhang, S Du, H Chen, J Wang, J Zhang, Y Guo… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A series of vented hydrogen-air explosion experiments were carried out in an end-vented
rectangular tube, and the effect of hydrogen concentrations varying from 10% to 50% on the …

Formation and evolution of distorted tulip flames

H **ao, RW Houim, ES Oran - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
The development and evolution of tulip and distorted tulip flames in closed channels were
simulated by solving the fully compressible reactive Navier–Stokes equations using a high …

Flame propagation of premixed hydrogen-air explosion in a closed duct with obstacles

Y Qin, X Chen - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
To effectively examine the flame propagation of premixed hydrogen-air explosion in a
closed duct with obstacles, this paper conducts a numerical study of the flame propagation …

Experimental investigation on the effect of obstacle position on the explosion behaviors of the non-uniform methane/air mixture

Q Wu, M Yu, K Zheng - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Gas explosions in the underground coal mines where the obstacles exist can cause
significant damage. A current knowledge gap in methane safety research concerns the effect …

Experimental and chemical kinetics analysis on the combustion behaviors and flame instabilities of diluted methane/air mixtures

F Zhong, Q Li, X Ding, X Liu, B Li, Z Yu - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
The evolutions of spherical flame of methane/air/diluent mixtures in a cylindrical chamber
were observed by setting different equivalence ratios ϕ and diluent volume fraction V …

Explosion behavior of non-uniform methane/air mixture in an obstructed duct with different blockage ratios

K Zheng, Q Wu, C Chen, Z **ng, Y Hao, M Yu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation on explosion behavior of non-uniform methane/air explosion
in obstructed duct with different blockage ratios is conducted. The methane/air mixture that …