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Dong Li

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Shijie Dai

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Hongwei Zheng

INVESTIGATION OF THE EXPLOSION CHARACTERISTICS OF ETHYLENE-AIR PREMIXED GAS IN FLAMEPROOF ENCLOSURES BY USING NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS

ABSTRACT
Flameproof enclosures are widely installed as safety equipment at dangerous industrial sites to reduce ignition risks. However, electrical components typical¬ly installed in such flameproof enclosures for the production process can cause ignition and compromise the safety of the enclosures. Thus, in such cases, the explosive characteristics of the flameproof enclosures is severely affected. Acci¬dental gas explosions in industrial sites rarely occur under standard operating conditions. Premixed gas explosions in flameproof shells are complex processes. A 560 mm × 400 mm × 280 mm flameproof enclosure commonly used in industrial sites was used to investigate the phenomenon. The explosion characteristics of eth¬ylene-air premixed gas in the flameproof enclosure was simulated using FLUENT software to investigate the influences of ignition source location, ignition source energy, ambient temperature, and obstacles on the maximum explosion pressure, maximum explosion pressure rise rate, and maximum explosion index of the flame¬proof enclosure. The results revealed that the surface area of heat exchange con¬siderably influences the maximum explosion pressure of the flameproof enclosure. The larger the ignition energy is, the larger the maximum explosion pressure value, the maximum rate of explosion pressure rise, and the maximum explosion index of the flameproof enclosure are. With the increase in the ambient temperature, the maximum explosion pressure decreased, whereas the maximum rate of explosion pressure rise and the maximum explosion index exhibited limited change. The re¬sults of this study provide theoretical guidance for the design and suppression of flameproof enclosures.
KEYWORDS
flameproof enclosure, ignition source, temperature, obstacle
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2022-09-05
PAPER REVISED: 2022-10-17
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2022-10-18
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2022-12-17
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI220905189L
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2023, VOLUME 27, ISSUE Issue 2, PAGES [1573 - 1586]
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