Large eddy simulation of dispersion of hazardous materials released from a fire accident around a cubical building

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dc.contributor.authorVasilopoulos, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorLekakis, Ioannis
dc.contributor.authorSarris, Ioannis E.
dc.contributor.authorTsoutsanis, Panagiotis
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-11T16:20:09Z
dc.date.available2021-05-11T16:20:09Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-06
dc.description.abstractThe turbulent smoke dispersion from a pool fire around a cubical building is studied using large eddy simulation at a high Reynolds number, corresponding to existing experimental measurements both in laboratory and field test scales. Emphasis of this work is on the smoke dispersion due to two different fuel pool fire accident scenarios, initiated behind the building. For the setup of fire in the first case, crude oil was used with a heat release rate of 7.8 MW, and in the second, diesel oil with a heat release rate of 13.5 MW. It is found that in both fire scenarios, the downstream extent of the toxic zone is approximately the same. This is explained in terms of the fact that the smoke concentration and dispersion are influenced mainly by the convective buoyant forces and the strong turbulence mixing processes within the wake zone of the building. It is suggested that wind is the dominating factor in these accident scenarios, which represent the conditions resulting in the highest toxicity levels.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationVasilopoulos K, Lekakis I, Sarris IE, Tsoutsanis P. (2021) Large eddy simulation of dispersion of hazardous materials released from a fire accident around a cubical building. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Volume 28, Issue 36, September 2021, pp. 50363–50377en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0944-1344
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13604-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16668
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectLESen_UK
dc.subjectsmoke dispersionen_UK
dc.subjectfire accidenten_UK
dc.subjecttoxic zonesen_UK
dc.titleLarge eddy simulation of dispersion of hazardous materials released from a fire accident around a cubical buildingen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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