[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in combustion science related to hydrogen safety

JX Wen, ES Hecht, R Mevel - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a key pillar in the global Net Zero strategy. Rapid scaling up of hydrogen
production, transport, distribution and utilization is expected. This entails that hydrogen …

Progress of research on the effect of non-uniform premixing on hydrogen and methane explosion characteristics

Z **u, Z Liu, P Li, M Li, Y Zhao, T Fan, J Yuan - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study attempted to systematically understand the research results on the explosion
disaster effects of premixed hydrogen and methane gas driven by concentration. Based on …

Flame propagation characteristics of non-uniform premixed hydrogen-air mixtures explosion in a pipeline

J Qu, H Zhao, L Zhao, ZM Luo, T Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen, as a clean and promising energy carrier, is considered a viable alternative fuel
for the future. However, accidental hydrogen leakages and explosions pose considerable …

Application of a CFD based containment model to different large-scale hydrogen distribution experiments

DC Visser, NB Siccama, ST Jayaraju… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the event of core degradation during a severe accident in water-cooled nuclear power
plants (NPPs), large amounts of hydrogen are generated that may be released into the …

An improved CFD model for vented deflagration simulations–Analysis of a medium-scale hydrogen experiment

IC Tolias, AG Venetsanos - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a promising alternative fuel which is expected to gain a significant portion of the
energy market in the near future. However, it is a flammable gas with significant safety …

The role of CFD combustion modeling in hydrogen safety management–V: Validation for slow deflagrations in homogeneous hydrogen-air experiments

P Sathiah, T Holler, I Kljenak, E Komen - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2016 - Elsevier
The control of hydrogen in the containment is an important safety issue following rapid
oxidation of the uncovered reactor core during a severe accident in a Nuclear Power Plant …

flameFoam: An open source CFD solver for turbulent premixed combustion

M Povilaitis, J Jaseliūnaitė - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Severe accidents in nuclear power plants may cause significant and long-lasting harm to the
environment in the case of containment integrity loss. Numerical simulation of phenomena …

The role of CFD combustion modeling in hydrogen safety management–VII: Validation for hydrogen deflagration in large-scale hydrogen-air-steam experiment

T Holler, EMJ Komen, I Kljenak - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2019 - Elsevier
A postulated severe accident in a nuclear power plant (NPP) can lead to generation of large
quantities of hydrogen in the NPP containment. Potential hydrogen combustion and ensuing …

The role of CFD combustion modelling in hydrogen safety management–VI: Validation for slow deflagration in homogeneous hydrogen-air-steam experiments

AC Rakhimov, DC Visser, T Holler… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Large quantities of hydrogen can be generated during a severe accident in a water-cooled
nuclear reactor. When released in the containment, the hydrogen can create a potential …

The role of CFD combustion modelling in hydrogen safety management—IX: Validation of ETFC model implementation in flameFoam for large-scale hydrogen-air …

J Venckus, M Povilaitis - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2025 - Elsevier
In the context of CFD simulations for containment safety, Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes
(RANS) simulations are the most feasible given the large volume to be simulated. The …