Blind-prediction : estimating the consequences of vented hydrogen deflagrations for homogeneous mixtures in 20-foot iso containers

T. Skjold , H. Hisken , S. Lakshmipathy , G. Atanga , M.N. Carcassi , M. Schiavetti , J.R. Stewart , A. Newton , J.R. Hoyes , I.C. Tolias (1) , Alexander Venetsanos (1) , O.R. Hansen , J. Geng , A. Huser , S. Helland , R. Jambut (2) , K. Ren , Alexei Kotchourko , Thomas Jordan , Jérôme Daubech (3) , Guillaume Lecocq (3) , A.G. Hanssen , C. Kumar , L. Krumenacker , Simon Jallais (4) , D. Miller , C.R. Bauwens

1 National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos
2 DNV GL
3 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques
4 Air Liquide [Siège Social]

This paper summarises the results from a blind-prediction study for models developed for estimating the consequences of vented hydrogen deflagrations. The work is part of the project Improving hydrogen safety for energy applications through pre-normative research on vented deflagrations (HySEA). The scenarios selected for the blind-prediction entailed vented explosions with homogeneous hydrogen-air mixtures in a 20-foot ISO container. The test program included two configurations and six experiments, i.e. three repeated tests for each scenario. The comparison between experimental results and model predictions reveals reasonable agreement for some of the models, and significant discrepancies for others. It is foreseen that the first blind-prediction study in the HySEA project will motivate developers to improve their models, and to update guidelines for users of the models.

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Engineering

T. Skjold, H. Hisken, S. Lakshmipathy, G. Atanga, M.N. Carcassi, et al.. Blind-prediction : estimating the consequences of vented hydrogen deflagrations for homogeneous mixtures in 20-foot iso containers. 7. International conference on hydrogen safety (ICHS 2017), Sep 2017, Hambourg, Germany. pp.639-652. ⟨ineris-01863241⟩