Numerical Simulation of Gas-solid Jet Fire in Natural Gas Pipeline Leakage

Abstract Aiming at the problem that gas-solid two-phase jet flame formed by jet fire entrained by natural gas pipeline leakage is less studied, the gas-solid two-phase jet and pure gas-phase jet flame models formed by natural gas pipeline leakage are established by FLUENT software. The differences between the gas-solid two-phase jet and the pure gas-phase jet flame were comparatively studied, and the effect of different particle size on flame height, temperature and radiation of gas-solid jet was analyzed. The results indicate that the solid particles entering the flame will lead to a lower temperature compared to a gas-jet-only flame. The larger the mass flow of solid particles is, the lower the flame temperature of the gas-solid jet will be, and the corresponding flame height and radiation hazards are also reduced. The present study findings can be used for the purpose of studying gas-solid two-phase jet flame in leakage of natural gas pipelines.