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Abstract

Hydrogen has attracted much attention from governments and enterprises around the world due to its zero pollution and recycling use. However, it may bring safety problems such as hydrogen jet fire due to its wide flammability range and low ignition energy. Therefore, the methods of preventing hydrogen jet fire need to be explored urgently. In order to investigate the effect of gaseous fire extinguishing agent on the hydrogen jet fire, a series of experiments were carried out to study the flame behaviors under the effects of nitrogen and carbon dioxide jets. The fire extinguishing agents were released through a jet nozzle with diameter of 3 mm at the pressure of 11 atm. The flame length, thermal radiant flux and total heat flux were analyzed. The results show that the reduction ratio of vertical flame length increases with the decrease of the installation height of the extinguishing agent nozzle. It indicates that when the fire extinguishing agent is injected at the root of hydrogen jet flame, the fire may be extinguished. Due to the reduction of flame size, the thermal radiant flux received by the radiometer decreases, which corresponds to the reduction of flame radiation fraction. The total heat flux received in the downstream region of deflected flame is determined by the joint action of thermal radiation and convection. The convective heat transfer of high-temperature gas may cause the value measured by the heat flux meter on the flow path of the deflected flame to increase. Besides, the extinguishing limit for hydrogen jet flame under the effects of nitrogen and carbon dioxide jets are analyzed.

Year of Publication
2022
Journal
Process Safety and Environmental Protection
Volume
165
Number of Pages
658-670
Type of Article
Article
ISBN Number
0957-5820
Accession Number
WOS:000843398600004
DOI
10.1016/j.psep.2022.07.027
Alternate Journal
Process Saf Environ
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