Coherent Computational Analysis of Large-Scale Explosions and Fires in Complex Geometries – From Combustion Science to a Safer Oil and Gas Industry

Abstract

The present paper demonstrates and discusses the development of a coherent technology for both gas explosion and fire safety assessment in the oil and gas industry based on the Eddy Dissipation Concept (EDC). The physical basis of the concept is recapitulated and the implementation and application of the EDC model in the advanced KFX™ computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology is presented. The KFX™simulation technology includes the industrial fire simulation code KAMELEON FIREEX KFX^® and the industrialgas explosion simulation code EXSIM™, both extensively validated.