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Article, 2024

Thermal responses of a concrete slab under hydrogen fuel cell vehicle fires in a semi-open car park

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, ISSN 0360-3199, 1879-3487, Volume 73, Pages 800-811, 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.06.096

Contributors

Liu, Wenqian (Corresponding author) [1] Markert, Frank 0000-0002-1396-2810 [1] Hostikka, Simo 0000-0002-3581-1677 [2] Giuliani, Luisa 0000-0002-1012-7086 [1]

Affiliations

  1. [1] Technical University of Denmark
    2. [NORA names: DTU Technical University of Denmark; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  2. [2] Aalto University
    3. [NORA names: Finland; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]

Abstract

This work aims to investigate the thermal behaviors of the concrete ceiling slab of a semi-open car park exposed to localized fire in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. For this purpose, a numerical simulation of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle fire was performed in the Fluid Dynamic Simulator and then coupled with a subsequent thermal analysis of concrete structure carried out in ANSYS Mechanical APDL. In particular, an automatic procedure was used to extract the output of the fire simulation and apply them as boundary conditions of the thermal model. The one-way coupling procedure involving fire simulation and transient thermal analysis has been validated by comparing it with concrete temperatures of a previous test study. Then, two parameters, the diameter of thermal pressure relief devices (1 mm, 2 mm, 3 mm, and 4 mm) and fire spread time between vehicles (0 min, 20 min, and 30 min), are taken into account to study the thermal properties of concrete. The analysis revealed that an increase in the nozzle diameter of the thermal pressure relief device leads to a rise in the maximum concrete surface temperature. The simulation results also showed that the maximum value of the heat release rate increases with a higher value of the nozzle diameter of the thermal pressure relief device and a shorter fire spread time between vehicles.

Keywords

ANSYS, ANSYS Mechanical APDL, APDL, Mechanical APDL, Park, analysis, analysis of concrete structures, automatic procedure, behavior, boundary conditions, car parks, ceiling slab, cell vehicles, concrete, concrete ceiling slab, concrete slab, concrete structures, concrete surface temperature, concrete temperature, conditions, coupling procedure, devices, diameter, dynamics simulations, fire, fire simulation, fluid, fluid dynamics simulations, fuel cell vehicles, heat, heat release rate increases, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, increase, local fires, maximum value, model, nozzle, nozzle diameter, numerical simulations, one-way coupling procedure, output, parameters, pressure relief devices, procedure, properties of concrete, rate increases, release rate increases, relief devices, response, results, shorter fire, simulation, simulation results, slab, structure, study, surface temperature, temperature, test, test study, thermal analysis, thermal behavior, thermal model, thermal pressure relief device, thermal properties, thermal properties of concrete, thermal response, transient thermal analysis, values, vehicle, vehicle fires

Funders

  • European Commission

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