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Process of accidental explosions at a refuse derived fuel storage
Accidental gas explosions occurred at a refuse-derived-fuel (RDF) storage in Japan, and two fire fighters on duty were dead. Flammable gases caused the gas explosions generated during a RDF fire. It means that gas explosions could occur in the use of solid fuels under certain conditions. This study has been conducted for exploring the process to gas explosions in the RDF storage. The temperature at a part of the RDF pile in the storage was inferred to spontaneously increase, and the prediction of the temperature increase was attempted on the basis of the Frank-Kamenetskii theory. It was shown that the critical temperature of RDF for spontaneous temperature rise depends on the size of the pile. The larger the pile, the lower the critical temperature. The possibility of accumulation of flammable gas in the space of the RDF storage is discussed. It is indicated that the spread rate of thermal wave is slow and a high temperature region likely established. After the RDF pile ignites, the oxygen concentration near the burning site becomes low and the flammable species components in the generated gas increases. Those species pass through surrounding low temperature region and come out into the space over the RDF pile without combustion. An explosion would occur when a fresh air comes into the storage, mixes with the flammable gas coming out from the pile to form a flammable mixture, and then the flammable mixture ignites. The most effective means to prevent accidental explosions is to avoid spontaneous ignition by cooling the heated RDF. If spontaneous ignition occurs, elimination of flammable gases from the storage should be strongly recommended.
Process of accidental explosions at a refuse derived fuel storage
Accidental gas explosions occurred at a refuse-derived-fuel (RDF) storage in Japan, and two fire fighters on duty were dead. Flammable gases caused the gas explosions generated during a RDF fire. It means that gas explosions could occur in the use of solid fuels under certain conditions. This study has been conducted for exploring the process to gas explosions in the RDF storage. The temperature at a part of the RDF pile in the storage was inferred to spontaneously increase, and the prediction of the temperature increase was attempted on the basis of the Frank-Kamenetskii theory. It was shown that the critical temperature of RDF for spontaneous temperature rise depends on the size of the pile. The larger the pile, the lower the critical temperature. The possibility of accumulation of flammable gas in the space of the RDF storage is discussed. It is indicated that the spread rate of thermal wave is slow and a high temperature region likely established. After the RDF pile ignites, the oxygen concentration near the burning site becomes low and the flammable species components in the generated gas increases. Those species pass through surrounding low temperature region and come out into the space over the RDF pile without combustion. An explosion would occur when a fresh air comes into the storage, mixes with the flammable gas coming out from the pile to form a flammable mixture, and then the flammable mixture ignites. The most effective means to prevent accidental explosions is to avoid spontaneous ignition by cooling the heated RDF. If spontaneous ignition occurs, elimination of flammable gases from the storage should be strongly recommended.
Process of accidental explosions at a refuse derived fuel storage
Explosionen bei Lagerung von Festbrennstoff aus Müll
Gao, Lijing (author) / Hirano, Toshisuke (author)
2006
4 Seiten, 3 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 7 Quellen
Conference paper
English
Abfallbehandlung , Abfalllagerung , Betriebsunfall , Brandverhütung , Entflammbarkeit , Fallbeschreibung , fester Brennstoff , Gasentwicklung , Japan , Kettenreaktion , Konferenzbericht , kritische Temperatur , Kühlung , Luft , Müllverbrennungsanlage , organische Verbindung , Selbstentzündung , Wärmeentwicklung , Wärmestaustelle , Zündtemperatur
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