Field Experiments of Hydrogen-Air Dellagrations to Evaluate Appropriate Mixture Volumes by Scaling Law

• Published in: Nihon Kikai Gakkai rombunshuu. B hen Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 1099 - 1106
• Main Authors: Saitoh, Hiroyasu, Otsuka, Teruhito, Mizutani, Takaaki, Morimoto, Kaoru, Iwasa, Tatsuru, Naruo, Yoshihiro, Matsui, Hidenori, Inatani, Yoshifumi, Yoshikawa, Norihiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: 01.04.2007

In connection with the recent developments of hydrogen stations for fuel-cell vehiles, deflagrative explosions in hydrogen-air mixtures were studied in field experiments. Latex balloons of 0.15 and 1.4 m' were used for testing gas mixtures of equivalence ratios 0.7, 1.0, 1.8, 2.0, and 3.0. The...