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Study on Gas Diffusion in Fire Working Areas of Oil and Gas Pipelines Based on Temperature Difference

[Image: see text] When a pipeline is under fire safety work construction, the stack effect of the pipeline will increase the diffusion rate of nitrogen, reduce the oxygen content, and cause asphyxia. To prove the influence of the stack effect of the pipeline on the nitrogen movement in the pipeline...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Dengfeng, Jiang, Zhongan, Qu, Jing, Zhang, Mingxing, Hao, Xiaoyan, Zhang, Guoliang, Wang, Jiuzhu, Wang, Yapeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33073108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c03161
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author Zheng, Dengfeng
Jiang, Zhongan
Qu, Jing
Zhang, Mingxing
Hao, Xiaoyan
Zhang, Guoliang
Wang, Jiuzhu
Wang, Yapeng
author_facet Zheng, Dengfeng
Jiang, Zhongan
Qu, Jing
Zhang, Mingxing
Hao, Xiaoyan
Zhang, Guoliang
Wang, Jiuzhu
Wang, Yapeng
author_sort Zheng, Dengfeng
collection PubMed
description [Image: see text] When a pipeline is under fire safety work construction, the stack effect of the pipeline will increase the diffusion rate of nitrogen, reduce the oxygen content, and cause asphyxia. To prove the influence of the stack effect of the pipeline on the nitrogen movement in the pipeline and put forward effective ventilation control measures, the formation mechanism, gas diffusion law, and ventilation parameters of the stack effect of the oil and gas pipelines are studied through theoretical derivation and numerical simulation. The results show that the nitrogen concentration at the height of the breathing zone in the hot zone first increases and then decreases along the axial distance. The larger the temperature difference, the faster the diffusion speed of nitrogen in the fire safety work area, and the lower the oxygen concentration. When the temperature difference increases to 30 °C, the maximum oxygen concentration in the work area is 0.177; to control the problem of low oxygen content caused by the stack effect, three ventilation schemes are put forward. Through the analysis that installing fans symmetrically on both sides, 4 m away from the pipe opening, can effectively reduce the stack effect intensity when the optimal working wind speed of the fan is 4 m/s. The findings of this study can help in better understanding the causes of the chimney effect during pipeline fire safety work and provide theoretical basis for controlling personnel suffocation caused by the chimney effect.
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spelling pubmed-75579982020-10-16 Study on Gas Diffusion in Fire Working Areas of Oil and Gas Pipelines Based on Temperature Difference Zheng, Dengfeng Jiang, Zhongan Qu, Jing Zhang, Mingxing Hao, Xiaoyan Zhang, Guoliang Wang, Jiuzhu Wang, Yapeng ACS Omega [Image: see text] When a pipeline is under fire safety work construction, the stack effect of the pipeline will increase the diffusion rate of nitrogen, reduce the oxygen content, and cause asphyxia. To prove the influence of the stack effect of the pipeline on the nitrogen movement in the pipeline and put forward effective ventilation control measures, the formation mechanism, gas diffusion law, and ventilation parameters of the stack effect of the oil and gas pipelines are studied through theoretical derivation and numerical simulation. The results show that the nitrogen concentration at the height of the breathing zone in the hot zone first increases and then decreases along the axial distance. The larger the temperature difference, the faster the diffusion speed of nitrogen in the fire safety work area, and the lower the oxygen concentration. When the temperature difference increases to 30 °C, the maximum oxygen concentration in the work area is 0.177; to control the problem of low oxygen content caused by the stack effect, three ventilation schemes are put forward. Through the analysis that installing fans symmetrically on both sides, 4 m away from the pipe opening, can effectively reduce the stack effect intensity when the optimal working wind speed of the fan is 4 m/s. The findings of this study can help in better understanding the causes of the chimney effect during pipeline fire safety work and provide theoretical basis for controlling personnel suffocation caused by the chimney effect. American Chemical Society 2020-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7557998/ /pubmed/33073108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c03161 Text en This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License (http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_termsofuse.html) , which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes.
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Jiang, Zhongan
Qu, Jing
Zhang, Mingxing
Hao, Xiaoyan
Zhang, Guoliang
Wang, Jiuzhu
Wang, Yapeng
Study on Gas Diffusion in Fire Working Areas of Oil and Gas Pipelines Based on Temperature Difference
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title_fullStr Study on Gas Diffusion in Fire Working Areas of Oil and Gas Pipelines Based on Temperature Difference
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title_short Study on Gas Diffusion in Fire Working Areas of Oil and Gas Pipelines Based on Temperature Difference
title_sort study on gas diffusion in fire working areas of oil and gas pipelines based on temperature difference
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33073108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c03161
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