TY - JOUR A1 - Sipilä, J. A1 - Auerkari, Pertti A1 - Heikkilä, A.-M. A1 - Tuominen, R. A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Itkonen, J. A1 - Rinne, M. A1 - Aaltonen, K. T1 - Risk and mitigation of self-heating and spontaneous combustion in underground coal storage JF - Journal of loss prevention in the process industries N2 - While the self-heating and spontaneous combustion of coal is a known challenge at coal mines and storage sites, there are known methods for mitigating this challenge for typical open stockpile storage. However, closing the storage will reduce access for corrective action, and it is then important to manage the storage and its transport system with added attention without unduly adding cost or hindering availability. This paper aims to discuss the risk, prevention and extinguishing of fires in closed coal storage facilities, particularly in light of the experience with the Salmisaari underground rock storage facility in Finland. The observed autoignition events have indicated an array of contributing factors, some of which are unique to underground silo storage facilities. On the other hand, many features of the storage facilities can be compared with other extant closed storage systems. The factors affecting fire risk are described and the associated fault and event trees are outlined for autoignition at underground storage. Drawing upon the experiences with past events of self-heating and spontaneous combustion, recommendations are given on cost-effective preventive, corrective and other mitigating action for minimising fire risk and promoting storage availability. KW - Coal KW - Underground storage KW - Fire KW - Risk KW - Mitigation PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2012.01.006 SN - 0950-4230 SN - 1873-3352 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. VL - 25 IS - 3 SP - 617 EP - 622 PB - Butterworth CY - Guildford, Surrey AN - OPUS4-25729 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sipilä, J. A1 - Auerkari, Pertti A1 - Malmén, Y. A1 - Heikkilä, A.-M. A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Krause, U. T1 - Experience and the unexpected:risk and mitigation issues for operating underground storage silos for coal-fired power plant JF - Journal of risk research N2 - Observed autoignition events and extinguishing the resulting smouldering fires in an underground storage system of a coal-fired power plant have provided insight into the array of contributing variables, and some experience on quantifying the risk with alternative scenarios of event initiation, progress and potential mitigation. Although the first attempts to quantify the risk suggest high sensitivity to the sequence of action taken after fire alarm, and no similar storage sites really exist, some recommended preventive, corrective and other mitigating activities can be at least partly defined and improved by using the cumulative experience and parallel efforts in other closed or underground storage sites. However, there are also so-called black (or at least grey) swans: unexpected events for which the facility may be poorly prepared for. In the case of the underground storage silos, such an event was experienced when incoming cold coal during a harsh winter season froze the sewer system that normally protects the stored coal from seepage water. With blocked normal bypass, the seepage water found its way to the coal silos and created large clumps of icy coal that blocked the coal conveyors. Although freezing weather is not unusual at high-latitude power plants, the common methods to combat freezing of coal are mainly useful for open storage sites and above-ground transport. Options for mitigation are discussed, as well as the event chain leading to an event that had never previously occurred. The case is discussed from the point of view of options to prepare for rare or unforeseen events. KW - Coal KW - Underground storage KW - Fire KW - Freezing KW - Risk KW - Mitigation PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2012.729530 SN - 1366-9877 SN - 1466-4461 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-28260 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schönbucher, A. A1 - Schälike, Stefan A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Wehrstedt, Klaus-Dieter ED - Schmidt, J. T1 - CFD simulation of large hydrocarbon and peroxide pool fires T2 - Process and plant safety: applying computational fluid dynamics KW - Pool fire KW - JP 4 KW - Organic peroxide KW - DTBP KW - CFD KW - Surface emissive power KW - Irradiation KW - Safety distances PY - 2012 SN - 978-3-527-33027-0 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. IS - Chapter 9 SP - 139 EP - 157 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA AN - OPUS4-25897 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Schälike, Stefan A1 - Mishra, Kirti Bhushan A1 - Wehrstedt, Klaus-Dieter A1 - Schönbucher, A. T1 - Kritische thermische Abstände bei wechselwirkenden KW- und Peroxid-Poolfeuern T2 - 11. Fachtagung Anlagen-, Arbeits- und Umweltsicherheit N2 - In verfahrenstechnischen Anlagen kann es während des Umgangs, des Transports und der Lagerung durch Freisetzung und anschliesender Zündung von brennbaren Flüssigkeiten zu Lachen-, Pool- oder Tankfeuern kommen. Die sich ausbildenden Feuer konnen große Schäden an benachbarten verfahrenstechnischen Anlagen und Personen verursachen. Im Unterschied zu Einzelfeuern sind multiple Pool- und Tankfeuer aufgrund ihrer Wechselwirkungseffekte sicherheitstechnisch von besonderer Bedeutung. Mit Di-tert-butyl-peroxid (DTBP) und n-Heptan als Leitsubstanzen werden Labor- und Feldexperimente (d ≤ 1.5 m) mit wechselwirkenden Poolflammen (N ≤ 9) in einer Matrixanordnung bei relativen horizontalen Abständen D/d zwischen den Pools im Bereich 0.16 ≤ D/d ≤ 4 durchgeführt. Die Phänomene der Flammenverschmelzung (Flammenfusion) in Abhängigkeit vom Poolabstand D/d werden experimentell untersucht und modelliert. T2 - 11. Fachtagung Anlagen-, Arbeits- und Umweltsicherheit CY - Köthen, Germany DA - 07.11.2013 KW - Wechselwirkende Poolfeuer KW - KW-Poolfeuer KW - Peroxid-Poolfeuer KW - Sicherheitsabstände KW - Spezifische Ausstrahlung KW - Bestrahlungsstärke PY - 2013 SN - 978-3-86011-058-4 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. IS - P-06 SP - 1 EP - 17 AN - OPUS4-29549 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Knaust, Christian A1 - Rogge, Andreas A1 - Wehrstedt, Klaus-Dieter T1 - Safety assessment and risk analysis of potential fire hazards and fire development in industrial facilities T2 - Conference "Future Safety and Security Research in Europe" T2 - Conference "Future Safety and Security Research in Europe" CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 2013-10-24 PY - 2013 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. AN - OPUS4-29498 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Muhasilovic, M. A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Trobok, Z. A1 - Petrovic, A. A1 - Mededovic, A. A1 - Gacanin, E. ED - Eberhardsteiner, J. T1 - Propper choice of model for turbulence treatment while research on flow in large-scale CFD-domains T2 - ECCOMAS 2012 - 6th European congress on computational methods in applied sciences and engineering (Proceedings) T2 - ECCOMAS 2012 - 6th European congress on computational methods in applied sciences and engineering CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 2012-09-10 KW - Tunnel-fires KW - Prospective engineering KW - Confined fires KW - Traffic enclosures KW - k-epsilon treatment KW - LES-model KW - Large-scale CFD-domains PY - 2012 SN - 978-3-9502481-9-7 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. SP - 1 EP - 20(?) AN - OPUS4-26879 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lerena, P. A1 - Auerkari, Pertti A1 - Knaust, Christian A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Krause, U. T1 - Approaches towards a generic methodology for storage of hazardous energy carriers and waste products JF - Journal of risk research N2 - Energy carriers – either conventional or 'new' ones – have to be provided in large amounts to meet the requirements of permanent availability and reliable supply of electricity. Depending on their state of aggregation, energy carriers are either stored in large masses (if solid or liquid) or at elevated pressures (if gaseous). Both impose the hazard of large-scale fire, in the latter case additionally the danger of explosion or unintended release. Very similar hazards occur for wastes. Solid wastes are present in large masses and only a small part is recycled. Most of the solid wastes are used in energy conversion. The main gaseous waste is CO2. During capturing also the hazard of unintended release exists. In this article, existing approaches for safe storage and fire prevention are discussed and a generic methodology is outlined. This methodology consists of the following steps: • gaining knowledge about the behaviour of the material stored (reactivity, thermal stability, etc.), • assessing the environmental conditions for the storage site (neighbourhood, safety distances, etc.), • assessment of prospective consequences of an incident and • development of individual loss prevention conceptions. All steps require both experimental testing and theoretical considerations about accident scenarios as integral parts of the methodology. KW - Storage KW - Hazardous materials KW - Energy carriers PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2012.729524 SN - 1366-9877 SN - 1466-4461 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. VL - 16 IS - 3-4 SP - 433 EP - 445 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-26882 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris T1 - Experimental and numerical investigation of safety distances from pool fires T2 - Fire Science Workshop T2 - Fire Science Workshop CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2013-11-29 PY - 2013 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. AN - OPUS4-30973 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Pfister, Sabine A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Knaust, Christian A1 - Krause, Ulrich T1 - Untersuchung von Brandszenarien in Industrieanlagen mit numerischer Strömungssimulation T2 - 12. Kolloquium zu Fragen der chemischen und physikalischen Sicherheitstechnik T2 - 12. Kolloquium zu Fragen der chemischen und physikalischen Sicherheitstechnik CY - Berlin, Deutschland DA - 2010-06-15 KW - Industriebrände KW - CFD Simulation KW - Brandsimulation PY - 2010 SN - 978-3-9813550-1-7 SN - 0938-5533 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. SP - 55 EP - 59 PB - BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-21972 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schälike, Stefan A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Wehrstedt, Klaus-Dieter A1 - Schönbucher, A. T1 - Vorhersage der kritischen thermischen Abstände von LNG-Poolfeuern T2 - 10. Fachtagung "Anlagen-, Arbeits- und Umweltsicherheit" Köthen 2010 N2 - Die Bedeutung von Flüssigerdgas (LNG, liquefied natural gas) ist durch die Erschließung entfernt liegender Resourcen und den damit verbundenen Transportwegen sowie durch die verbesserte Prozesstechnik bei der Verflüssigung (z.B. Mixed Fluid Cascade (MFC®) Verflüssigungsprozess) weltweit gestiegen. In den letzten Jahren sind zahlreiche neue Großanlagen wie die in Kollsnes, Hammerfest (beide Norwegen 2003, 2007), Kwinana (Australien 2008) und Shan Shan (China, 2004) mit Kapazitäten von bis 4.7 Mt/a entstanden. Das Gefährdungspotential von flüssigem Erdgas besteht neben dem niedrigen Siedepunkt Tb = −161 °C im Zündbereich zwischen 4.4 - 17 Vol.% sowie im großen Expansionsverhältnis. Bei einer störungsbedingten Freisetzung von LNG kann es somit zu Poolfeuer kommen, wodurch mit großem Schaden an benachbarten verfahrenstechnischen Anlagen und vor allem an Personen zu rechnen ist. T2 - 10. Fachtagung "Anlagen-, Arbeits- und Umweltsicherheit" Köthen 2010 CY - Köthen/Frankfurt/M., Deutschland DA - 04.11.2010 KW - Anlagensicherheit KW - Umweltschutz KW - Sicherheitstechnik KW - Explosionsschutz KW - Poolfeuer KW - LNG KW - CFD-Simulation KW - Flammentemperatur KW - SEP PY - 2010 SN - 978-3-89746-119-2 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. SP - 1 EP - 11 AN - OPUS4-22466 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Knaust, Christian A1 - Krause, Ulrich T1 - A generic approach for hazard prevention in large storages of combustible wastes T2 - 3rd iNTeg-Risk Conference T2 - 3rd iNTeg-Risk Conference CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 2011-06-06 PY - 2011 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. AN - OPUS4-23894 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schälike, Stefan A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Wehrstedt, Klaus-Dieter A1 - Schönbucher, A. T1 - Vorhersage der thermischen Strahlung von KW-Poolfeuern mit CFD-Simulation T2 - Workshop Brandschutzforschung T2 - Workshop Brandschutzforschung CY - Magdeburg, Deutschland DA - 2010-10-04 KW - Pool fire KW - Organic peroxides KW - TBPB KW - TBPEH KW - CFD KW - Safety distances PY - 2011 UR - http://www.vfdb.de/download/MagdeburgWorkshop2010/Schaelike_vfdb2010.pdf N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. SP - 1 EP - 25 AN - OPUS4-23352 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sipilä, J. A1 - Auerkari, Pertti A1 - Holmström, S. A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris T1 - Early warning indicators for challenges in underground coal storage JF - Risk analysis N2 - Early warning or leading indicators are discussed for unexpected incidences in case of large-scale underground coal storage at a power plant. The experience is compared with above-ground stockpiles for which established procedures are available but where access for prevention and mitigation are much easier. It is suggested that while the explicit organization, procedures, and the general safety systems aim to provide the targeted levels of performance for the storage, representing new technology without much precedence elsewhere in the world, the extensive experience and tacit knowledge from above-ground open and closed storage systems can help to prepare for and to prevent unwanted incidents in the underground storage. This kind of experience has been also found useful for developing the leading or early warning indicators for underground storage. Examples are given on observed autoignition and freezing of coal in the storage silos, and on occupational hazards. Selection of the leading indicators needs to consider the specific features of the unique underground facility. KW - Fire KW - Freezing KW - Risk indicator KW - Safety KW - Underground storage PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12273 SN - 0272-4332 SN - 1539-6924 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. VL - 34 IS - 12 SP - 2089 EP - 2097 PB - Blackwell Publ. CY - Malden, Mass. [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-32511 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Vela-Wallenschus, Iris A1 - Knaust, Christian A1 - Rogge, Andreas A1 - Wehrstedt, Klaus-Dieter T1 - Fire risk assessment of industrial facilities and critical infrastructures T2 - Partnering Event: Franco-German Coordinated Call for Proposals on Protection of Critical Infrastructures T2 - Partnering Event: Franco-German Coordinated Call for Proposals on Protection of Critical Infrastructures CY - Cologne, Germany DA - 2014-02-26 PY - 2014 N1 - Geburtsname von Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. - Birth name of Vela-Wallenschus, Iris: Vela, I. AN - OPUS4-30446 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -