Hydrogen Release and Dispersion Hydrogen Explosion Blast Wave Propagation
Keywords
Hydrogen dispersion, hydrogen explosion, blast wave, nuclear power plant, severe accident
Reference
J. Xiao, W. Breitung, M. Kuznetsov, H. Zhang, J. R. Travis, R. Redlinger, T. Jordan, "GASFLOW-MPI: A new 3-D parallel all-speed CFD code for turbulent dispersion and combustion simulations Part II: First analysis of the hydrogen explosion in Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, March 2017. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.01.219)
Fig. 1 GASFLOW simulation of blast wave propagation (Pa) outside of the plant
Fig. 2 GASFLOW calculation results of blast wave propagation