Numerical investigation of the effect of weather conditions on the escalation and propagation of fire-induced domino effect

Malik, A.A. and Nasif, M.S. and Mokhtar, A.A. and Mohd Tohir, M.Z. (2021) Numerical investigation of the effect of weather conditions on the escalation and propagation of fire-induced domino effect. Process Safety Progress, 40 (4). pp. 296-308. ISSN 10668527

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Abstract

Fire-induced domino accidents are less probable but highly consequent. Although past studies conducted risk assessment of such events, classical models were used for impact estimation. Moreover the influence of varying weather on evolution of fire domino effect was not investigated, where past research necessitates the use of computational fluid dynamics to perform such analysis. This paper adopts a consolidated risk analysis approach to perform consequence modeling using fire dynamics simulator. Various atmospheric conditions were incorporated in the model. The outcomes were used in probabilistic analysis to estimate the escalation probabilities. Risk of domino events was presented as domino levels. It was found that 37 reduction in humidity ratio resulted in 10 decrease in tanks failure time. At 3 and 6 m/s winds, the failure time of tank in flame direction reduced by 56 and 80, whereas the escalation probability increased by 3 and 4 orders respectively. The tank farm failed in 11.3 and 12.85 min at 3 and 6 m/s respectively, which is less than the suggested mitigation time. © 2021 American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Item Type: Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Atmospheric humidity; Computational fluid dynamics; Fires; Risk analysis; Risk perception; Tanks (containers), Analysis approach; Atmospheric conditions; Consequence modeling; Domino accidents; Escalation probability; Fire dynamics simulator; Numerical investigations; Probabilistic analysis, Risk assessment
Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2023 03:28
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2023 03:28
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/14232

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