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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.
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.
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.
Propper choice of model for turbulence treatment while research on flow in large-scale CFD-domains
(2012)
Approaches towards a generic methodology for storage of hazardous energy carriers and waste products
(2013)
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.
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.
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.