Risk analysis of flammable range according to hydrogen vehicle leakage scenario in road tunnel

Hu-Yeong Lee; Ji-Oh Ryu

doi:10.9711/KTAJ.2022.24.4.305

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Risk analysis of flammable range according to hydrogen vehicle leakage scenario in road tunnel 도로터널 내 수소차 누출시나리오에 따른 가연영역에 대한 위험성분석 연구

31 July 2022. pp. 305-316

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Abstract

Hydrogen energy is emerging as an alternative to the depletion of fossil fuels and environmental problems, and the use of hydrogen vehicles is increasing in the automobile industry as well. However, since hydrogen has a wide flammability limit of 4 to 75%, there is a high concern about safety in case of a hydrogen car accident. In particular, in semi-enclosed spaces such as tunnels and underground parking lots, a fire or explosion accompanied by hydrogen leakage is highly likely to cause a major accident. Therefore, it is necessary to review hydrogen safety through analysis of flammability areas caused by hydrogen leakage. Therefore, in this study, the effect of the air velocity in the tunnel on the flammability area was investigated by analyzing the hydrogen concentration according to the hydrogen leakage conditions of hydrogen vehicles and the air velocity in the tunnel in a road tunnel with standard section. Hydrogen leakage conditions were set as one tank leaking and three tanks leaking through the TPRD at the same time and a condition in which a large crack occurred and leaked. And the air velocity in the tunnel were considered 0, 1, 2.5, and 4.0 m/s. As a result of the analysis of the flammability area, it is shown that when the air velocity of 1 m/s or more exists, it is reduced by up to 25% compared to the case of air velocity of 0 m/s. But there is little effect of reducing the flammability area according to the increase of the wind speed. In particular, when a large crack occurs and completely leaks in about 2.5 seconds, the flammability area slightly increases as the air velocity increases. It was found that in the case of downward ejection, hydrogen gas remains under the vehicle for a considerably long time.

Keywords

Hydrogen vehicle

Road tunnel

Flammability area

Hydrogen leakage

Risk analysis

화석연료의 고갈과 환경문제의 대안으로 수소에너지가 부각되고 있으며, 자동차 산업에서도 수소차의 보급이 증가하고 있다. 그러나 수소는 가연농도 범위가 4~75%로 넓은 가연영역을 가지고 있어 수소차 사고 시 안전에 대한 우려가 높은 실정이다. 특히, 터널이나 지하주차장과 같은 반밀폐 공간에서는 수소누출에 따른 화재나 폭발이 대형사고를 유발할 가능성이 높기 때문에 수소누출에 따른 가연영역 분석을 통해 수소 안전성에 대한 검토가 필요한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 표준단면의 도로터널에서 수소차량의 수소 누출조건과 터널 내 풍속에 따른 수소농도 해석을 수행하여 터널 내 풍속이 가연영역에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 수소의 누출조건은 1개의 탱크와 3개의 탱크가 통시에 TPRD를 통해 누출되는 조건과 대형크랙이 발생하여 누출하는 조건으로 하였으며, 터널 내 풍속은 0, 1, 2.5, 4.0 m/s를 고려하였다. 가연영역에 대한 검토결과, 1 m/s 이상의 풍속이 존재하는 경우에는 풍속이 없는 경우와 비교하여 최대 25%수준까지 감소하는 것으로 나타나고 있으며, 풍속증가에 따른 가연영역의 감소효과는 거의 없는 것으로 나타나고 있다. 특히 대형크랙이 발생하여 약 2.5초 만에 완전히 누출되는 경우에는 풍속이 증가하면 가연영역이 약간 증가하는 것으로 나타나고 있다. 또한 하향 분출되는 경우에 풍속이 작은 차량하부 영역에 수소가스가 상당히 긴 시간동안 잔류하는 것으로 분석되었다.

키워드

수소차

도로터널

가연영역

수소누출

위험성 분석

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Publisher :Korean Tunneling and Underground Space Association
Publisher(Ko) :한국터널지하공간학회
Journal Title :Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
Journal Title(Ko) :한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
Volume : 24
No :4
Pages :305-316
Received Date : 2022-05-30
Revised Date : 2022-06-28
Accepted Date : 2022-06-28
DOI :https://doi.org/10.9711/KTAJ.2022.24.4.305

Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association ISSN:2233-8292(Print) 2287-4747(Online) 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집

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