Researchers at Army Engineering University of PLA Have Published New Study Findings on Risk Management (Investigation of a practical load model for a natural gas explosion in an unconfined space): Insurance – Risk Management

2022 SEP 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on risk management is the subject of a new report. According to news reporting out of Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Natural gas is extensively used as a clean energy source in cities and industries; consequently, there are associated risks of accidental explosions.”

Funders for this research include National Key Research And Development Program of China; Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province.

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Army Engineering University of PLA: “To reduce the hazards associated with natural gas explosions, it is important to study the inherent laws of natural gas blast loads in unconfined spaces and establish load models. Using experiments on natural gas explosions in unconfined spaces, this study demonstrates the influence of natural gas concentrations, propagation distances, and gas volumes upon explosion loads. A new load model was proposed for the overpressure-time history curves of natural-gas explosions in an unconfined space.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “A comparison with the empirical model indicated that the predictive effect was superior to that of previous models, such as the TNT equivalent model and the TNO multi-energy model.”

For more information on this research see: Investigation of a practical load model for a natural gas explosion in an unconfined space. Journal of Safety Science and Resilience, 2022,3(3):209-221. The publisher for Journal of Safety Science and Resilience is KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnlssr.2022.03.004.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Shigang Yang, National Defense College of Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing 210007, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Wensheng Sun, Qin Fang, Ya Yang, Chenxi Xia, Qi Bao.

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