Pengfei Duan^1,*, Luling Li¹, Jianhui Liu¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.4, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.012431

Abstract The supply of hydrogen-blended natural gas to civil and industrial users can assist downstream firm to achieve carbon emission reduction, and ensure energy security as an alternative gas source. This application mode has been widely concerned by urban gas enterprises. This paper focuses on the leakage problem of hydrogen-blended pipelines in utility tunnel due to corrosion and other reasons. Using dimensional analysis method, a model experiment is designed to verify that the three-dimensional compressible fluid model coupled with transport equations can effectively simulate the concentration change of hydrogen-blended natural gas after leakage in the utility… More >

Liqiong Chen¹, Kui Zhao¹, Kai Zhang^1,*, Duo Xv¹, Hongxvan Hu², Guoguang Ma¹, Wenwen Zhan³

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.8, pp. 2143-2165, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.049362 - 19 July 2024

Abstract The leakage gas from a buried natural gas pipelines has the great potential to cause economic losses and environmental pollution owing to the complexity of the mountainous environment. In this study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method was applied to investigate the diffusion law and hazard range of buried natural gas pipeline leakage in mountainous environment. Based on cloud chart, concentration at the monitoring site and hazard range of lower explosion limit (LEL) and upper explosion limit (UEL), the influences of leakage hole direction and shape, soil property, burial depth, obstacle type on the diffusion law… More >

Yue Su¹, Jingfa Li^2,*, Bo Yu², Yanlin Zhao¹, Dongxu Han², Dongliang Sun²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.2, pp. 1315-1337, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.026035 - 06 February 2023

Abstract With the introduction of various carbon reduction policies around the world, hydrogen energy, as a kind of clean energy with zero carbon emission, has attracted much attention. The safe and economical transportation of hydrogen is of great significance to the development of hydrogen energy industries. Utilizing natural gas pipelines to transport hydrogen is considered to be an efficient and economical way. However, hydrogen has a higher risk of leakage due to its strong diffusion capacity and lower explosive limit than conventional natural gas. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the leakage and diffusion… More > Graphic Abstract

Shuifen Zhan^{1, 2, 3}, Mingchao Wang^{2, *}, Min Wang^{5, *}, Qianqian Shao⁴, Zefang Zhang³, Wenxin Jiang², Xuemin Chen¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.123, No.1, pp. 217-235, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.08289 - 01 April 2020

Abstract Considering the accidents of ships for dangerous chemicals transportation in inland rivers, a numerical method for the simulation of the leakage and diffusion processes of dangerous chemicals in inland rivers is proposed in this paper. Geographic information, such as rivers and buildings in the model, is obtained through Google Earth and structures of rivers and buildings are described by Auto CAD. In addition, the Fluent is adopted to simulate the leakage and diffusion processes of the dangerous chemicals where the standard k-ε model is used to calculate the turbulent flow. Considering the interaction between chemicals and… More >